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NJDEP Bureau of Coastal Engineering
1510 Hooper Avenue
Toms River, NJ 08753
PH: (732) 255-0770
FX: (732) 255-0774
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| Coastal dredging is vital to
maintaining New Jersey's marine transportation system,
which provides access for recreational boaters, commercial
vessels as well as the transportation of people and goods.
To support the estimated $50 billion maritime industry
and maintain safe and navigable waterways, the Bureau of
Coastal Engineering conducts maintenance dredging projects
throughout the State, with the exception of federal channels
including the Intracoastal Waterway, which is maintained
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. |
Dredge working at St. George's Thorofare
in Brigantine, NJ |
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There are many different
methods utilized in the dredging process, however, the
basic principle consists of removing sediment and accumulated
debris from the bottom of navigation channels and waterways
and placing the material in an approved location. Funding
is provided by a partnership with the New Jersey Department
of Transportation's Office of Maritime Resources and
or special appropriations. Although funding is provided
by the DOT, dredging projects are administered by the
Bureau of Coastal Engineering and are initiated on an
as-needed basis subject to available funding.
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