Red Bank says Marine Park construction in soil‑remediation phase; equipment staged, officials cite 75–90 day timeline

Borough staff updated the council that construction at Marine Park has moved into a soil‑remediation phase and that visible progress should accelerate over the coming weeks. A municipal official identified in the meeting as Jim said crews are removing historic contaminated fill from the site and replacing it with clean material before playground and landscaping work proceeds.

“The playground equipment is staged and waiting for us to be installed,” Jim said, adding that the contract contains a near-completion milestone at about 75 days and an overall 90-day completion window. He described planned park features that will be installed as part of the contract: two 80‑foot zip lines, a bocce court, concrete cornhole boards, hammocks, a covered pergola with rope swings, a band shell for programming, the addition of more than 50 trees and hundreds of shrubs and ornamental grasses, and roughly 20,000 square feet of new green space and butterfly gardens.

Jim also addressed resident questions about parking and wayfinding at the park site. He said parking access has been relocated to the left, onto the former clay tennis courts, and that the borough added signage with a QR code linking to a project landing page so visitors can track construction and learn logistics.

Council members asked for additional timeline clarity and confirmation that equipment staging and weather-dependent surfacing requirements were understood by the contractor. Jim reiterated that certain surfacing and equipment installation steps require cooperative weather and that the scheduled milestones reflect those contingencies.

What happens next: soil remediation and fill work will continue; as work progresses the borough will update signage and the project landing page referenced by the QR code.