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Engineer presents multi-million-dollar grant portfolio and project updates for Belmar infrastructure
Summary
At a borough workshop, the engineer outlined awarded and pending grants — including DOT, Monmouth County Open Space and an Army Corps survey of Silver Lake — and reviewed ongoing work on 5th Avenue, boardwalk bathroom construction, fuel-dock replacement and an 8th Avenue sewer-lining project.
An engineer presenting at Belmar’s workshop on April 26 told the mayor and council the borough has secured multiple grants and is moving a slate of road, sewer, park and marina projects toward construction and closeout.
The engineer said the borough received a FY2026 municipal aid award of about $253,000 to continue resurfacing 5th Avenue from C Street to Ocean Avenue and noted a separate DOT grant of roughly $299,000 covers work on Ocean Avenue and nearby 6th Avenue. “FYI 2026 was a municipal aid grant program, and that was awarded in the amount of $253,000 and change,” the engineer said. He added the DOT grant requires awards to a contractor by November 2026 unless an extension is granted.
Why it matters: those grants fund pavement and related work but are reimbursement-oriented, meaning Belmar must budget or bridge upfront costs and coordinate closely with finance and public works to align water, sewer and stormwater work with road resurfacing.
The engineer described a $1,131,000 transportation set-aside award tied to…
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