Dredging of Forked River

New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials have announced a project to dredge five state navigation channels in the Forked River area in Ocean County.

The work is part of a US$2.5 million project to dredge the Forked River and Barnegat Bay Channels. Dredging operations are expected to begin in early- to mid-August and continue 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week through the end of September. The pipeline is placed in the channels and it will be used to pump the dredged material to the Oyster Creek Confined Disposal Facility. Upon completion of the Forked River channels, work will move to the Barnegat Bay Channels project.

The dredging work is necessary to ensure safe navigation and to maintain the Forked River, Forked River Middle Branch and Spur, the South Spur, and the channel known as the Elks Channel in a state of good repair.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier.