AVALON — The Avalon Borough Council has approved an additional 100,000 cubic yards of new sand to be added to the borough’s emergency beach fill project. This additional sand will result in a total of 600,000 cubic yards of new sand being pumped onto the Avalon beachfront from Ninth to 26th Street.
Avalon received permit modification approvals from the United States Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the additional sand from the “borrow” area, located in Townsend’s Inlet. This permit now allows Avalon to expand the width of the new beach by approximately another 50 feet. The final result of the beach fill will be a spacious, protective beach in Avalon’s north end.
The project is being conducted by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC of Illinois, who was the low bidder for the emergency beach fill. Great Lakes started the project on Ninth Street, and will continue south to 26th Street, working around the clock, seven days a week until the project is finished. The estimated completion date of Avalon’s portion of the project is in the middle of June.
Avalon’s beaches will remain open and accessible to the public during this emergency beach fill project, including through Memorial Day Weekend. Only a few blocks of beachfront in the immediate area where Great Lakes is pumping fresh sand will be closed for safety reasons. Those beach blocks will reopen as the project goes further south along Avalon’s beachfront.
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