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Belmar awarded $203,341 Monmouth County grant to renovate Silver Lake trail
Summary
Council announced a $203,341 Monmouth County Open Space grant to reconstruct the Silver Lake walking trail with permeable pavement to improve water quality, plus potential benches, ADA ramps and lighting upgrades.
During council reports, a council member (speaker 8) announced that the Monmouth County Municipal Open Space Grant Program awarded the borough of Belmar $203,341 to renovate the walking trail around Silver Lake.
"This is going to include complete reconstruction of the existing trail, with a permeable pavement," the council member said, adding that the project aims to improve water quality by allowing stormwater to be absorbed and filtered before reaching Silver Lake. The project also contemplates benches, dog-waste stations, ADA-compliant ramps and perimeter lighting upgrades.
The speaker credited borough engineer Jim Morris with work on related storm-sewer inventory and noted the trail renovation will complement a longer-term Army Corps planning grant for the lake.
The announcement was made in the council's reports section; no formal vote on the grant acceptance was recorded during the meeting minutes discussed in the transcript.
Clarifying details: the announced grant amount is $203,341 and the project intends to use permeable pavement to reduce runoff into Silver Lake.
