Army Corps of Engineers

Public comment on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers draft plan ends Oct. 12. Construction wouldn't start until at least 2030, take 15 years or more.

Projects could protect Cranford, Millburn, Rahway and Springfield. Study got underway in 2016 but was sidelined about two years ago.

Replenishment projects are typically scheduled for off-season months, to limit the impact on beachgoers.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is still working on beachfill efforts in northern Ocean County, but just a fraction of the project remains.

Foul weather and equipment issues over the winter, plus slow progress, pushed construction a few months back in spots.

"This is really a problem," Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Stephen Reid told New Jersey 101.5.

Dangerous rip currents reportedly claimed the lives of at least six individuals off the New Jersey coast so far in 2017 — double the typical rate.

ALLENHURST, N.J. (AP) — Major beach replenishment projects are getting underway along New Jersey's northernmost and southernmost oceanfront.

SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) — A $128 million project to widen beaches and shore up dunes on Long Beach Island has been moved up four months to April.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday issued a report saying that managing the flooding risk along the North Atlantic coast from events like Superstorm Sandy is something that has to be done collaboratively by all levels of government and the private sector.