KEYPORT CLEAN COMMUNITIES

From:              Tom Gallo, Clean Communities Coordinator

Date:               May 22, 2019

Beach Clean Up courtesy of NJ Dept of Corrections and NJDEP Clean Shores Program  

When:             Thursday May 23, 2019 8 a.m. until approx. 2 p.m.

Where:            Cedar Street Beach

Details:

Public awareness:  Cedar Street Beach will be closed during clean up due to heavy equipment and chain saw operations.  Kindly post same on borough web. 

End of Cedar Street will serve as the logistical point of the operation.

A 20 cubic yard dumpster will placed at the end of the street for debris

NJDOC bus with seven inmates and one Officer will park nearby.

Keyport’s DPW will provide one operator and one backhoe from approximately 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.

High tide is at 12:07 p.m.  Tide permitting, heavy objects from the Veterans Park Beach will be brought around the Benjamin Terry Park bulkhead to Cedar Street Beach for disposable.

No part of this clean up activity will be in or restrict the Veterans Park restoration work.

Thank you to the “Clean Shores Program,” operated by the NJDEP Division of Water Monitoring and Standards, for providing labor and tools needed to cut up and remove debris.  Also thanks to the NJDOC for the work force and oversight.  Monmouth County’s DPW/Engineering Department and the Monmouth County Reclamation Center arranged for the dumpster and disposal services.  The Keyport Clean Communities Program, funded by the NJ Clean Communities Council, coordinated the event. 

Keyport’s three, free beaches are small however they are well used and enjoyed by all.

Emergency Contact Info:

Keyport Police Dept                                     732 264 0706

Tom Gallo – KCC Coord                  732 320 7072