Politics & Government
Amherst Beach Inlet Gets An Upgrade
Berkeley Shores boaters should have smooth sailing next summer
By Patricia A. Miller
Berkeley boaters will have an easier time next summer making their way through the Amherst Beach Inlet, thanks to the township's public works employees.
Public works dredged the sand-choked inlet and trucked clean fill to nearby Allen Road Beach, which was badly eroded by Superstorm Sandy.
"They took so much sand out of the inlet they were able to truck it to Allen Road," Township Council President James J. Byrnes said at the Nov. 18 Township Council meeting.
"It's all clean fill," Byrnes said. "They got a lot of sand out of the inlet."
Berkeley recently bought the Mastapeter property to expand the small beach. The house on the property was destroyed by Sandy and had to be demolished, he said.
Public works employees also cleaned up the property, removed storm debris and put up fencing, Byrnes said.
"Public works did an amazing job over the last two or three weeks," he said. "That inlet now is twice as wide as it was."
Berkeley boaters will have an easier time next summer making their way through the Amherst Beach Inlet, thanks to the township's public works employees.
Public works dredged the sand-choked inlet and trucked clean fill to nearby Allen Road Beach, which was badly eroded by Superstorm Sandy.
"They took so much sand out of the inlet they were able to truck it to Allen Road," Township Council President James J. Byrnes said at the Nov. 18 Township Council meeting.
"It's all clean fill," Byrnes said. "They got a lot of sand out of the inlet."
Berkeley recently bought the Mastapeter property to expand the small beach. The house on the property was destroyed by Sandy and had to be demolished, he said.
Public works employees also cleaned up the property, removed storm debris and put up fencing, Byrnes said.
"Public works did an amazing job over the last two or three weeks," he said. "That inlet now is twice as wide as it was."
For the hundreds of boaters who live in the Berkeley Shores section of the township, the Amherst Beach Inlet - also known as the Berkeley Shores Channel - is the watery portal to Barnegat Bay.
The narrow channel historically has a tendency to shoal in as storms and shifting tides take their toll.
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