Reconstruction of Portion of Bayview Avenue in Seaside Park to Begin Next Week

Flooding during a typical high tide on a fair-weather day in Seaside Park along Bayview Avenue, Feb. 2024. (Photo: Shorebeat)

With the Labor Day holiday weekend in sight, Shore communities are readying themselves for post-season improvement projects, including two projects in one in Seaside Park.

Earlier in the summer, Seaside Park accepted $350,000 in state funding for a shared services agreement with Ocean County to reconstruct a portion of South Bayview Avenue in the borough. The funding, which is expected to cover the cost of the entire project, is combined with two year’s worth of grants from the state Department of Transportation’s municipal road improvement program.

According to borough officials, the road construction project will commence on South Bayview Avenue, between 8th Avenue and 14th Avenue, next Tuesday, Sept. 3. The project includes roadway milling, grading, and paving, storm drainage improvements, driveway, sidewalk, and curb reconstruction, soil and sediment controls, roadway striping, and yard restoration.

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The project’s anti-flooding component will include a raising of the road, officials said at the time of the award of a $1,037,813 contract to Earle Asphalt Company. The borough also directed Earle to perform extra work to improve conditions in front of homes along the roadway.

“The [contract] includes total replacement of the concrete driveway aprons and sidewalks within the work limits,” said Borough Attorney Steven Zabarsky. “Considering the grants, the total out-of-pocket will be $115,703.”

The extra driveway and sidewalk work was about $95,000 when included in the overall scope of the project – a significant savings had similar work been performed on its own.

It is anticipated that the construction will last 60 to 90 days, the announcement from the borough said.