Your Money: $1.66 MILLION CONTRACT AWARDED FOR DREDGING OF DEAL LAKE

(15/P83) TRENTON – The Christie Administration has awarded a nearly $1.66 million contract to remove sand pushed by Superstorm Sandy into Deal Lake, the largest in a series of unique coastal lakes in Monmouth County that were severely impacted by the storm, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced today.

The contract to dredge 12,000 cubic yards of material was awarded to Tri-State Dredging of Philadelphia. The project is being funded through a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service. The NRCS is providing more than $1.5 million through its Emergency Watershed Protection program. The DEP is providing a $154,600 match.