When will Carteret pier and marina repairs be completed after fire, boat crash?
CARTERET - Work is continuing to repair more than $1.3 million in damage to Veteran’s Pier and the Municipal Marina at Carteret Waterfront Park following a fire and collision last year.
Work began early last month on the pier and is slated to be completed in late September, according to Mayor Daniel J. Reiman.
About $217,000 more of work to repair the marina is slated to begin in October. Both the pier and marina work is being handled by Agate Construction, based in South Jersey.
“With the recent arrival of our first ferry boat, we’re very pleased that this much needed work in the wake of unfortunate events is coming to fruition,” Reiman said. “Thankfully, no one was hurt in either incident.”
In October 2022 a fire and tugboat accident occurred within a week.
On Oct. 24, 2022 a 34-foot yacht caught fire, drifted into two other docked boats and damaged them and their slip. The fire started at the end of the marina's Dock B, causing significant damage as well as damage to Dock A. The end of Dock B has been closed since the fire, the mayor said.
The vessels involved sank, were recovered and removed from the marina. The fire damaged the surface, polymer corner slabs, fendering, dock boxes, and internal flotation of three floating concrete modules of Dock B, one of Dock A’s electrical pedestals and dock boxes, and the marina’s 104-foot treated timber water system, PVC electrical chases, two junction boxes, electrical conductors and three power pedestals.
On Oct. 31, 2022 a 96-foot section of Veteran’s Pier was struck by a barge. That section of the pier has remained closed since then.
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Damage included significant deflection of three steel and batter piles, buckled wave-screen walers, sheeting and pile cap totaling 84 feet, extensive superstructure damage to structural steel channels, handrails and bar grating, and damage to electrical handrail lighting conductors, conduit, and power supply units, according to the mayor.
The remainder of the marina and pier have been fully operational since the incidents.
Agate previously worked on phase 1 construction of the ferry terminal, including the installation of about 130 linear feet of steel sheet pile bulkhead along the waterfront.
The Clermont-based construction company also built the Southern Riverwalk, which extends along the Arthur Kill from the southern tip of Waterfront Park to Tuft’s Point at the border of Woodbridge Township, Reiman said.
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