Pallone, Corps Announce Progress on Keansburg Beach Project (USA)

Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) and Colonel Paul Owen, Commander of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, will announce details to the Keansburg and Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet flood control and beach replenishment projects that will be completed to restore damage to the Jersey Shore caused by Superstorm Sandy.

Pallone previously announced that the projects would be funded by the Sandy Aid package that passed Congress in January.

This funding will provide an unprecedented investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in beach replenishment and flood protection in the Sixth Congressional District.

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Press Release, April 5, 2013