Ventnor Dune Building Starts This Weekend. Margate Works Re-Starts.


BREAKING: A Federal judge says the Margate dune project can resume, but with conditions, such as fences around the contaminated ponds and more pumping. That’s according to @NewsWorksWHYY.

This weekend, Ventnor Beaches will be filled with bulldozers & pipe starting as early as Saturday, August 12.

That’s according to an update from the US Army Corps of Engineers…as they prepare to make the dunes higher in Ventnor. Please be advised that dredging and beach work can cause elevated levels of bacteria to be found in the surf and wet areas of the beach.

The unpopular project will get underway at Jackson Avenue and move downbeach towards Margate. The controversial beach work is expected to last four weeks, straight thru Labor Day weekend.

Margate will be back in front of Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez 1:30 p.m. Friday.

Proponents of a Ventnor & Margate dune system have used fear tactics to win many debates. They say allowing Margate to be ‘duneless’ would leave neighboring Longport & Ventnor unprotected from the “ravages of storms during hurricane season”.

Margate has a very robust bulkhead system that has served the city well for decades.

The Margate ruling says contractors will install elevated walkways, fence off pond areas and pump out standing water as soon as possible after a rainfall.

If water ponds for more than 24-hours, it must be tested for contaminants, and beaches may need to be closed to protect the public, Judge Bumb said in her ruling.

The state court can still intervene. Mendez could tell the NJ DEP to stop the project.

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2 thoughts on “Ventnor Dune Building Starts This Weekend. Margate Works Re-Starts.”

  1. Terrible decision by the Federal Judge, maybe we need a better attorney to fight this. Army Corp Of Engineers still don’t have a definitive answer on how to solve this issue of ponding. Margate residents need to protest this decision outside the Federal Court House in Camden. We Need national attention to this moronic decision.

  2. Dante Castellani

    I didn’t know that they were going to replenish all of Ventnor. That’s crazy because the beach is already huge there! North of the Ventnor pier the beaches very spacious. Regarding Margate, I can only pray that the dune project works… if they can’t fix the ponding issue, wait till we really start to get a lot of rain during the fall and winter months when low pressure comes through. I am a Magate resident and I am torn on the beach project. I’m not opposed to having dunes, dunes are a good thing, I just wish they would not have the one long continuous dune… I hope the army corps knows what they are doing, because if they don’t it is going to get ugly in Margate!

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