Municipal engineers in Mantoloking, New Jersey, one of the towns hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy, told local news outlets that
construction of a $40 million steel sea wall could start early next year.
The bidding process to find a contractor for the $40 million project could begin later this month, and if the schedule goes as planned,
construction work could start by mid-January and be completed around June.
The proposed wall will run for the entire length of Mantoloking and neighboring Brick Township--two Ocean County communities that have received federal and state approval for the wall, which will be covered by sand to form the base of a dune system.
However, the sea wall is intended to only offer temporary protection--an extensive beach-widening and dune
construction project is being planned by the
US Army Corps of Engineers.