Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Less than three weeks until May 23 beach celebration
Will Manasquan be ready for Memorial Day? Borough Administrator Joe DeIorio said the answer is "a resounding yes." DeIorio outlined the coming weeks' project schedule, culminating in a May 23 reopening celebration of the beachfront. The beachfront walkway should be completed by May 15, DeIorio said, adding that day is a target date for several projects. The asphalt top coat should be laid beginning May 13, according to the borough engineer. Electrical cables will be installed this week, and the light poles will be installed May 13-17, as well as Saturday, he said. Beach lockers at the Sea Watch should be ready May 15, with the seasonal parking lot also ready that day, DeIorio said. However, the bids to run a mobile concession at the Sea …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Project expected to be done by end of week
For the last two weeks, construction equipment has picked up bulldozer buckets of sand and plopped them into a sifter, trucks have hauled off the sifted debris and left piles of clean sand along the Manasquan beachfront. This step in repairing Manasquan's beaches after Hurricane Sandy is nearly complete, more than two weeks ahead of schedule, said Councilman Joseph Bossone in his beach committee report. The borough budgeted 30 days for the project, but the contractor is nearly complete two weeks in, said the councilman. "This is a great job," Bossone said. "They've finished just shy of two weeks ahead of schedule." Borough Engineer Charles Rooney said previously the sifter flattened the mounds of moved sand, and then skim the beach 12 …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Crews arriving at south end
Having hauled acres of sand back to the beach and culled major debris, Manasquan will begin to sift even the finest particles out as it starts the next step in beach repair today. Construction equipment to sift sand is expected to arrive today in Manasquan, borough officials announced, starting at the south end and moving north as sand is cleaned. The sand was pushed around town from the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy, and borough officials had a Feb. 10 deadline to push the sand back in its attempt to recycle it. After raking the beach and awarding the sand sifting contract, Manasquan will spend the next weeks sifting its sand. The sand sifting should allow the borough to rebuild most of its beach, lost to Hurricane Sandy. Borough …
Penn Cross
4:06 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Surprising that they're finishing ahead of schedule. Looking at the video it seems to be very slow going. Is anyone monitoring to make sure they do a thorough job? more ›