End of Atlantic City's Garden Pier to Be Dumped at Sea to Bolster Reef Off Ocean City
The state Department of Environmental Protection will use concrete from the damaged Atlantic City landmark for its Artificial Reef Program.
A chunk of Atlantic City—6,000 cubic yards to be exact—is coming to the coast of Ocean City. The plan is to create wildlife habitat—and not for the the sort of wildlife usually associated with Atlantic City, Ocean City’s sassier neighbor one island up the coast. If conditions cooperate, state Fish and Wildlife officials will dump concrete columns and pedestals removed from Atlantic City’s Garden Pier in three nearby locations 9 miles off the coast of Ocean City on April 22. The concrete should bolster what is known as the Great Egg Harbor Reef, a man-made structure that shelters marine life. The concrete rubble comes from the damaged seaward end of the pier at States Avenue. Norm Hafsrud, a charter captain who grew up in Atlantic City …
