Jenkinsons Will Build 18-Foot Steel Seawall On Its Private Beach, Officials Say

POINT PLEASANT BEACH — It's official. Jenkinson's Pavilion will build an 18-foot high steel seawall along its private beach.

Point Pleasant Beach officials made announcement at a recent Borough Council meeting, according app.com. Jenkinson's had been embroiled in a two-year battle with the state Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

"I think it's a suitable design and I think it's best once again for Point Pleasant Beach," Mayor Steven Reid said. "That's an agreement between them (Jenkinson's and the DEP), but we are very happy with the way that came together."

The rest of the borough will be protected by planned 22-feet-high dunes and a beach berm as protection against coastal flooding during storms. The state is still trying to acquire all the needed real estate for the project, but hopes to have contractors begin bidding by October.

The council approved a series of measures to accept the settlement and the planned installation of protective dunes by the DEP and the Army Corps of Engineers along the remainder of the borough's beaches.

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