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N.J. Shore inlet to be surveyed after large sandbar forms
By Nicolas Fernandes
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Aug. 17, 2022
Sand piling up in Manasquan Inlet
The Army Corps of Engineers will visit the Manasquan Inlet next week to survey a large sandbar that has formed in the waterway, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-4th Dist., said Wednesday.
Sands at the inlet have shifted before, but the low-tide sandbar is larger than anything seen there before, the congressman said.
"We are gravely concerned that it will pose a serious hazard to navigation," Smith said.
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