Project record

Ocean City and Peck Beach 2026 Periodic Nourishment

Participation
Not assessed
Project facts checked

USACE records September 7 completion; the city reports 1.6 million cubic yards placed; New Jersey requested storm-repair assistance on October 16

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Ocean City's USD 19.5 million Great Lakes Dredge & Dock nourishment campaign began on 7 July and was completed on 7 September 2026, according to USACE. The city reports 1.6 million cubic yards of beachfill placed during the summer campaign. The work dredged sand offshore of Great Egg Harbor Inlet and placed it from 12th Street to the Seaview Road groin area. On 16 October, New Jersey requested emergency federal assistance for eight storm-damaged project areas, including Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Pecks Beach at Ocean City. The completed summer campaign and the subsequent repair assessment have separate quantities, funding decisions and procurement records.

Historical USACE photograph from May 2020 of hopper dredge TEXAS offshore of Ocean City, with a beachfill pipeline and sand-handling equipment in the foreground

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District

Location

United States / Americas

Segment

Coastal infrastructure

Phase

Completed / Confirmed

Last checked

21 October 2026

Coverage

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Coastal infrastructure is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and City of Ocean City
Delivery parties
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company
Contract route
USACE awarded a USD 19.5 million periodic-nourishment contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Construction is cost shared 65% federally and 35% non-federally through the USACE, New Jersey and Ocean City partnership. The award covers the current nourishment cycle, not the original 1992 construction, previous cycles, future nourishment or the whole New Jersey coastal programme.
Execution window
USACE records construction from 7 July to 7 September 2026 and dredge Illinois finishing dredging and beachfill on 7-8 September. The city's 8 September notice reports pumping finished the previous night and expected about two weeks for demobilisation. New Jersey's 16 October assistance request concerns the subsequent late-September storm.
Works package
The contract calls for more than 1.6 million cubic yards of sand to be dredged from an offshore borrow site near Great Egg Harbor Inlet, pumped through pipeline to Ocean City and graded into an elevated berm with a minimum 100-foot width at elevation +8.0 feet NGVD. Sand placement runs from 12th Street to the Seaview Road groin area. The project is periodic nourishment of a protection system first constructed in 1992 rather than a new greenfield shoreline scheme.
Marine interfaces
The acceptance chain covers borrow-area authorization and sediment suitability, dredge production, weather and navigation around Great Egg Harbor Inlet, floating and shore pipeline integrity, pump-out and beach access, environmental windows and species controls, daily placed-volume reconciliation, grading, dune and berm survey, transitions at groins and adjacent reaches, public-access restoration, demobilisation and post-work storm-risk performance.
Commercial evidence boundary
The summer nourishment contract is reported complete at USD 19.5 million with a 65% federal and 35% non-federal construction cost share. The city reports 1.6 million cubic yards placed. The October storm-repair request opens a new scope and funding assessment; the repair estimate needs its own survey basis, quantities and mobilisation allowance.

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New Jersey requested emergency storm-repair assistance

NJDEP named Ocean City among eight federal coastal project areas requiring restoration after the late-September storm. The request initiates a federal eligibility and repair-scope assessment.

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USACE recorded completion of the summer nourishment campaign

The city reports 1.6 million cubic yards placed in the 2026 campaign. Its September 8 notice confirms pumping had finished the previous night, with demobilisation expected to take about two weeks.

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Dredge Illinois reached the mobilisation gate

USACE recorded the dredge Illinois as mobilised and set to begin operations. The statement establishes plant readiness at the workfront, not first production, pumped quantity, placed quantity, compliant geometry, completion or acceptance.

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USACE recorded the current construction start

The project page records construction beginning on 7 July. That milestone advances the package beyond award, while production, beachfill quantity, surveyed template, demobilisation and owner acceptance remain separate gates.

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USACE awarded the current periodic-nourishment contract

The USD 19.5 million Great Lakes Dredge & Dock award calls for more than 1.6 million cubic yards from the offshore borrow area and placement from 12th Street to the Seaview Road groin area. The quantity is contractual scope, not measured current-cycle output.

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City records closed the preceding nourishment cycle

Ocean City reports the 21 November 2022 to 15 February 2023 campaign complete with 1.5 million cubic yards of beachfill and a 47,600-cubic-yard stockpile. Those are prior-cycle results and cannot be carried into 2026 production or acceptance.

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The partnership agreement established the federal coastal programme

The USACE fact sheet records the Project Partnership Agreement on 18 September 1991 and initial construction in 1992, with approximately 6.2 million cubic yards of initial fill and an approximately three-year nourishment cycle. That programme baseline defines the asset history, not current-contract performance.

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Evidence gap

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Outstanding evidence

  • Federal storm-repair assistance determination
  • Common-datum pre-storm and post-storm survey coverage
  • Accepted summer template and subsequent restoration limits
  • Repair quantities separated from additional periodic nourishment
  • Dredge availability, mobilisation and placement restrictions
  • Funded procurement or contract modification
  • Post-repair survey and continuing nourishment programme

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Reporting status

Project phase
Completed
Evidence confidence
Confirmed
Last checked
21 October 2026
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