The Little Egg Harbor Township Committee hired a contractor to dredge the Mystic Island Phase I and Atlantis lagoons during an executive session after the regular municipal meeting held Oct. 14.

The JCP Group, based in Blackwood, bid $9,375,093; the dredger will complete the Mystic Island Phase 1 lagoons for $8,075,000 and the Atlantis lagoons for $1,275,000. If waterfront homeowners want the dredge to deepen waters close to their docks. they will be charged $93 per cubic yard.