Author Topic: Double Creek channel Dredging Near Barnegat Inlet on Hold  (Read 2708 times)

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Double Creek channel Dredging Near Barnegat Inlet on Hold
« on: September 17, 2016, 05:39:07 AM »
Looks like the dredging has been put on hold thanks to Christie!!  nts

A channel-dredging project off Barnegat Light and Barnegat Township that would have started next month is now on hold under the governor’s shutdown of transportation project spending, officials confirmed.

A state contract awarded in April would dredge four channels: Double Creek Mainland Channel starting at East Bay Avenue, Barnegat; Double Creek Inlet; High Bar Harbor Channel; and Barnegat Light Stake Channel, located off the municipal boat ramp.

The channels have been shallow since Superstorm Sandy.

Last week, NJ Department of Transportation officials told Borough Councilman Ed Wellington, who chairs the docks and harbors committee, that the project is on hold indefinitely. (On June 30, Gov. Chris Christie ordered a halt to ongoing work paid for by the almost-broke Transportation Trust Fund, after the state Senate nixed his proposed 23-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax to replenish the fund.)................

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Re: Double Creek channel
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2016, 08:41:05 AM »
.. Great rgmn
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Re: Double Creek channel Dredging Near Barnegat Inlet on Hold
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2016, 02:05:12 PM »
I was under the impression this was federal money from Sandy relief funds. I guess Christie wants that gas tax bad!!

 

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