Politics & Government

Some Brick Lagoons Will Be Dredged Under State Project

Mayor: town council would have to approve non-Sandy related dredging

What was once a lagoon at Bay Lane and Ketch Road in Brick's Mantoloking Shores section is now, for the most part, dry land.

A resident there still hasn't even been able to move his boat out to complete repairs since he has no way of getting it out of the lagoon to a ramp, said Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis.

Buit relief is on the way for Brick's hardest-hit lagoons following Superstorm Sandy.

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"There's a lot of dredging work still to be done," and lagoons are a part of that work, said Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Robert Martin on Tuesday, during a conference call with reporters.

"Anywhere where the ocean water went into the bay, I would imagine that's going to get done," said Acropolis.

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Under normal circumstances, the maintenance of lagoons is generally considered the same as road maintenance, said Acropolis: it's up to the township. But lagoons that were filled in by Sandy are covered under a debris removal and dredging contract granted to CrowderGulf Inc., the company responsible for restoring the northern and central portions of Barnegat Bay and its tributaries.

Surveying is going on now, Acropolis said.

But lagoons not damaged by Sandy will remain the township's responsibility, the mayor said, adding that it is up to the township council to approve dredging projects that would be based on a plan adopted by a previous governing body.


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