First Load of Replenishment Sand Pumped to Ortley Beach

After arriving one day earlier and setting up operations, the engines of the B.E. Linholm, a 3,498-ton dredger, roared to life at about 5 p.m. Monday and began pumping the first full load of sand to Ortley Beach through a network of pipelines that run from a connection site in the ocean to the shore near the former Surf Club site.

The B.E. Lindholm dredge boat off Ortley Beach, N.J., May 29, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)

Beach replenishment in Ortley Beach, N.J. begins, May 29, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee

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It took six days for the 297-foot hopper dredge to arrive from Tampa, where it was receiving maintenance repairs after its last assignment in Florida.

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Over the next two weeks, Ortley Beach will receive approximately 267,000 cubic yards of sand, creating an approximately 225-foot-wide beach over the course of two weeks next month. 

Weeks Marine, the government’s contractor, will work in 1,000-foot-wide sections of beaches at a time to minimize impacts to residents and visitors, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is leading the project.