New Dredging Project in Shark River Inlet

After finishing the dredging of the Shark River channels situated off the Belmar Marina, the US Army Corps of Engineers will bring the start of another dredging project at the entrance of the Shark River Inlet on 2 January 2018.

Since early September, the N.J. Department of Transportation (DOT) has been removing 102,000 cubic yards of sediment to open up the western portions of the Share River Channel and Shark River Channel Spur to full depth and width, making it easier and safer for commercial and recreational boaters to navigate those waterways.

In this new dredging project, the Army Corps of Engineers will station its dredge Murden in the outer section of the mouth of the Shark River Inlet, where up to 35,000 cubic feet of sand will be removed in several areas of recurring shoals.