Over the summer, Barnegat Township officials hope to make progress on thenew public works building located off Lighthouse Drive. Last fall, the township committee awarded a$2.4 million contract to R. Wilkinson and Sons, Absecon, to construct the facility.

“It was planned, but it never got done,”said Township Administrator John Hess.” That area has a salt dome and fuel tanks for the vehicles. The building has been on and off the back burner, but now it’s going tohappen.