Below is the list of South Jersey
projects requested by Congressman LoBiondo. The following projects
are listed in alphabetical order:
Fiscal Year 2010 Energy & Water Development Appropriations
Bill-
- Absecon Inlet, NJ - US Army Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA).
Project Description: “funds would be used to continue channel
depth monitoring”...Funding Request: $222,000
- Absecon Island, NJ – requested by the
City of Atlantic City, NJ on behalf of the US Army Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: "Funds would be used
for periodic renourishment in Atlantic City and construction
of the
bulkhead
along Absecon Inlet. “This
funding is necessary on an emergent basis to protect our properties,
retain our role as a tourist destination and to maintain the
historically significant amenity.”...Funding
Request: $17,600,000
- Brigantine Island, NJ - US Army Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA).
Project
Description: “Funds would be used to perform necessary
project monitoring.”...Funding Request $80,000
- Cape May Inlet to Lower Township, NJ - US
Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square
East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “Funds would
be used for periodic renourishment in Cape May City.”...Funding
Request: $5,200,000
- Cold Spring Inlet, NJ - US Army Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA).
Project
Description: “Funding would be used to repair the
seawall and east and west jetty to ensure integrity of the inlet.”...Funding
Request: $1,370,000
- Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ Oakwood Beach,
NJ – requested by Elsinboro
Township on behalf of the US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia
District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “Funds would be used to complete
a Limited Reevaluation Report and to draft the Project Partnership
Agreement
for the project in Elsinboro”...Funding Request:
$250,000
- Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ Reeds Beach to
Pierces Point, NJ - US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia
District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “Funds
would be used to complete initial construction in Middle Township”...Funding
Request: $5,000,000
- Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ Villas and Vicinity,
NJ - US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia
District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “Funds
would be used to complete initial construction in Lower Township.”...Funding
Request: $7,800,000
- Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Peck Beach, NJ – requested
by the City of Ocean City on behalf of the US Army Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia
District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “Funds would be used for periodic
renourishment in Ocean City. The area has severe beach erosion
and the threat
of property damage is imminent.”...Funding
Request: $6,800,000
- Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet, NJ – requested
by the City of Ocean City on behalf of the US Army Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia
District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “Funds would be used to continue
initial construction in Lower Ocean City, Strathmere, and Sea
Isle City.
This project
would have many benefits to the local economy, and valuable
property is being protected”...Funding
Request: $20,000,000
- Lower Cape May Meadows, Cape May Point, NJ -
US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square
East, Philadelphia,
PA). Project
Description: “Funds would be used for
periodic renourishment in Cape May Point, NJ”...Funding
Request: $5,400,000
- New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway – requested
by the Delaware River and Bay Authority on behalf of the US Army
Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia
District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “This project provides for a channel
12 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Manasquan to Cape May and
through
the Cape May Canal. It is essential to secure necessary funding
to complete this maintenance dredging. The Situation is serious
and poses impact to a vital transportation and economic link
between New Jersey and Delaware.”...Funding
Request: $3,200,000
- New Jersey Shore Protection, Hereford Inlet to Cape
May Inlet, NJ - US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia
District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “funds
would be used to complete the feasibility phase for the shore
protection project affecting the Wildwoods”...Funding
Request: $300,000
- New Jersey Alternative Long Term Nourishment Study -
US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square
East,
Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “funds would
be used to complete the feasibility phase to develop a regional
sediment management system”...Funding Request: $475,000
- Oyster Revitalization in the Delaware Bay, DE & NJ – requested
by Rutgers University Haskin Shellfish Research Lab on behalf
of the US
Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square
East, Philadelphia, PA). Project
Description: “[Funds
would be used] to enhance oyster recruitment, thereby increasing
oyster abundance, sustaining habitat integrity, and providing
an expanded resource to support the fishery.”...Funding
Request: $2,000,000
- Pennsville Flood Control, NJ - US Army Corps
of Engineers Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia,
PA). Project
Description: “funds would be used to begin construction
of a project to reduce flooding in the vicinity of an dredged
disposal site in Pennsville, NJ"...Funding Request: $4,951,000
- Pine Mount Creek Habitat Restoration, NJ -
US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square
East, Philadelphia,
PA). Project
Description: “funds would be used to
restore a dike and create a wildlife management area along
the Cohansey River at the Mouth of Pine Mount Creek.”...Funding
Request: $4,000,000
- Salem River, NJ - US Army Corps of Engineers
Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA).
Project
Description: “funds
would be used to continue channel depth monitoring."...Funding
Request: $100,000
- South Jersey Wind Turbines - requested by
the South Jersey Economic Development District (226 North High
Street, Millville,
NJ). Project
Description: “[Funding would be used]
to construct wind turbines in Sea Isle City and Penns Grove,
NJ on public lands that cannot be utilized otherwise because
they currently serve as municipal waste sites."...Funding
Request: 2,000,000
- Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet – requested
by the Borough of Avalon, NJ on behalf of the US Army Corps of
Engineers
Philadelphia District (100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia,
PA). Project
Description: "Funds would be used for periodic
renourishment in Avalon and Stone Harbor. “This funding
is critical to the communities of Avalon and Stone Harbor.
The area has been repeatedly subject to major flooding, erosion
and
wave attack and has been declared a National Disaster Area
by the president on three separate occasions.”...Funding
Request: $17,000,000
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