The Townsend’s Inlet Bridge will be open again in advance of Memorial Day weekend, no later than Friday morning, May 22nd and will remain open through Monday, May 25th. Following the holiday weekend, the bridge will close again for three days from May 26th-28th, and reopen again for the following weekend. It is confirmed by…
The Avalon School District held a pre-construction meeting on Tuesday, April 28th for a brand new outdoor track project that will be constructed on the athletic field on the north side of the Elementary School. The new project will include a fitness track, new basketball court, and activity stations and will be completed on or…
The Avalon School District is building a jogging track and fitness stations on its athletic field. The new track will be one eighth of a mile and include four lanes; there will also be new fitness stations at the field, along with a brand new basketball court. The contract for the work totals $337,000; the…
Avalon officials met with a dredging company on Wednesday to discuss an upcoming beach fill project in the Borough. Mayor Marty Pagliughi presided over a meeting with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company who will pump 700,000 cubic yards of sand onto the Avalon beachfront, mostly in June. By contract, the project must be completed…
Avalon officials have issued a Notice to Proceed in advance of a huge beach fill project. Borough officials say the notice was provided to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company who will pump up to 700,000 cubic yards of sand on north end beaches between 8th Street and 26th Street this spring. By contract, the…
The Borough of Avalon will be getting a huge beach fill project before the heart of the summer season. Borough Council unanimously approved a $6.3 million contract with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company to put sand on the beaches in Avalon from 8th Street south to 26th Street. The contract calls for all of…
The Avalon Borough Council will discuss a resolution that may result in the award of a contract to provide one of the largest beach fill projects in the Borough’s recent history. Action is expected to be taken on this initiative during the Wednesday, April 8th meeting of Borough Council to be held at 7:00pm inside…
A major beach fill project may be coming to Avalon this spring. Avalon’s Borough Council is scheduled to consider a beach fill project that could result in as much as 700,000 cubic yards of sand on the Borough’s north end beaches this spring. Mayor Marty Pagliughi says that it’s possible the Borough could save several…
Construction has begun of the new Peermont Substation by Atlantic City Electric in Avalon. Crews are building a brand new substation that will service Avalon and Stone Harbor to meet current and future energy needs for many years to come. The substation is located at 61st Street and Ocean Drive in Avalon. Construction work will…
The United States Coast Guard plans some training operations along the Jersey Shore and some of it will be near Avalon and Stone Harbor. The Coast Guard says crews will fly from the Air Station Atlantic City and will travel along inland waterways from Barnegat to Stone Harbor. The exercise is known as “Rotary Air…