To the Editor:
The Bay Channel Dredging Project, reported as being on “hold” in the Sept. 14 edition of The SandPaper, was stopped because of lack of state transportation project funding. The funds were to be made available for projectswith the passing of the gas tax increase bill that was approved and signed in October. Has there been any update on the project status and schedule?
Glenn Mattern
Barnegat Light
Barnegat Light Councilman Ed Wellington, in charge of docks and harbors, responds: Unfortunately, due to the late settlement of…
December 21, 2016
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