Coastal Systems Portfolio Initiative
Shore Protection, Navigation and Coastal Ecosystem Restoration
New Jersey Pilot Study
Conceptualizing a 5-Year Program
Coastal System
Risk Reduction Plan
Maximizing Risk Reduction
Maximizing Cost Effectiveness
Background
The development of a systems approach to reduce damages and better
manage risk due to coastal storms is crucial to demonstrating the
significance of the service provided to the nation by the USACE Flood
Risk Management Program. The connectivity among coastal projects in
the following three business lines: flood risk management (coastal storm
damage reduction or coastal risk reduction); navigation; and coastal
ecosystem restoration must be considered when developing a systems
approach to reducing risk along the coast.
Through the Planning Center of Expertise – Coastal Storm Damage
Reduction (PCX-CSDR), the US Army Corps of Engineers initiated
the Coastal Systems Portfolio Initiative (CSPI) that examines and
evaluates Federal projects along the nation’s coastline as a system
of systems instead of as individual projects. The findings are
summarized in a Technical Review Document and web database
(http://cspi.usace.army.mil/), which are updated on an annual basis.
The Pilot Study
The “NJ Pilot Study” is an outgrowth of CSPI and involves the USACE
Institute for Water Resources (IWR), the PCX-CSDR, and District offices
within the North Atlantic Division. A collaborative meeting in May 2011
initiated a pilot study to maximize risk reduction for these projects along
the coast of New Jersey. The information compiled will allow decision
makers to make technically informed decisions to buy down risk across
multiple business lines.
Purpose
The overarching goal for the NJ Pilot Study is to evaluate and prioritize
the network of USACE coastal projects in NJ for shore protection,
navigation and coastal ecosystem restoration, with specific objectives to:
• Identify cost efficiencies in meeting project purposes
• Maximize risk reduction
• Maximize opportunities for regional sediment management
The Pilot Study was performed to support the need for a commitment
to consistent and adequate funding to NJ’s top priority coastal projects.
Priorities were established based upon the projects’ existing condition
(project reliability), potential resources at risk (like infrastructure,
structures, recreational and environmental opportunities among others)
and institutional knowledge of NJ’s coastal projects from the perspective
of regional academic experts.
Task
Develop a rational, prioritized five-year plan for work at NJ beaches,
inlets, and coastal ecosystem restoration projects that maximizes risk
reduction for a given set of assumptions like project reliability and
resources at risk and constraints like the availability of federal, state,
and local funds and the need to meet local priorities.
Process
The format adopted for the NJ Pilot Study was to convene a one-day
panel of experts with representation from the non-Federal sponsor
for NJ coastal projects (New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection – “NJDEP”), regional academic experts, and the two USACE
districts (New York and Philadelphia) that share responsibility for NJ.
The “expert panel” approach was selected over the alternate “USACE
study” approach based on the assumption that a relatively small group
of USACE, NJDEP, and academic experts (i.e., about twenty individuals)
could develop a rational, prioritized five-year work plan for NJ coastal
projects in significantly less time than would be required to “perform a
study” to achieve the same goal.
Budget Challenges and Funding Assumptions
In order to develop a multi-year plan for NJ coastal projects within the
one-day expert-panel format, the panel required financial constraints
from which to work. Given that the existing portfolio of projects had
never been fully funded over the past decade, a plausible upper limit
for annual funding across these projects was required as a starting
assumption. The starting assumption was that $20M of the annual
$25M NJ Shore Protection appropriation would be made available for
cost-sharing on authorized Federal projects. The State of NJ requires
local (i.e. municipal) governments to cost-share with the State in the
ratio of 75% (State) to 25% (Local). Thus the total non-Federal funding
assumed to be available annually was the sum of the State contribution
($20M) plus the local match of $6.7M, or $26.7M. Given the typical
65/35 Federal/non-Federal cost-sharing formula for Federal projects,
the non-Federal funds of $26.7M would require a Federal match of
$49.6M, which was rounded to $50M.
Non-Federal Funding
State
New Jersey
Municipal Share
Total
Cost Share Ratio
$20 M
$6.7 M
$26.7 M
75/25
Requested
Total State / NJ
Cost Share Ratio
$49.6 M*
$26.7 M
65/35
Federal Funding
*Rounded to $50 million
Pilot Study Recommendations
The rows shaded in green represent the portfolio of projects that may
be accomplished for that specific fiscal year provided $50M is made
available to projects in NJ. Projects listed below the rows shaded
green represent the portfolio of projects that may not be accomplished
due to funding needs exceeding the $50M threshold. These projects
represent the challenge to the Federal government, to identify and
consider alternative funding mechanisms to implement these studies
and projects.
New Jersey’s Federal Coastal Projects
Direction of sediment flow
Shore Protection Projects
Project Reliability
Navigation Projects
Project Reliability
= Good
= Moderate
= Poor
= Failing
= Failed
= Unassigned
= Good
= intermediate
= Poor
= Unconstructed
= Unassigned
= Inlet only,
not a Federal
Navigation Project
S = Statewide Project
Key
Type
S
ER
NJ Intracoastal Waterway Ecosystem Restoration
S
SP
NJ Alternative Long-term Nourishment Study
5
NV
Manasquan Inlet
12
SP
Manasquan Inlet - Barnegat Inlet
6
NV
Barnegat Inlet
13
SP
Barnegat Inlet - Little Egg Inlet (LBI)
Little Egg Inlet
1
Key
Type
Project Name
Northern/Central New Jersey, Raritan and Sandy Hook Bays (New York District)
11
NV
Shrewsbury River
21
SP
Highlands
32
SP
Leonardo
42
NV
Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek
53
SP
Port Monmouth
64
SP
Keansburg 506
75
SP
Union Beach
93
NV
Cheesequake Creek
Atlantic Coast of Central New Jersey (New York District)
16
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan: Sea Bright
27
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan: Monmouth Beach
18
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan: Long Branch
29
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan: Deal
3
10
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan: Asbury to Avon
44
NV
Shark River Inlet
11
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan: Belmar to Manasquan
Project Name
Atlantic Coast of Southern New Jersey (Philadelphia District)
Brigantine Inlet
2
14
SP
Brigantine Island
7
NV
Absecon Inlet
15
SP
Absecon Island
Great Egg Harbor Inlet
3
16
SP
17
SP
Great Egg Harbor Inlet - Townsends Inlet
Townsends Inlet
5
18
Ocean City (Great Egg Harbor Inlet & Peck Beach)
Corson Inlet
4
SP
Townsends Inlet - Cape May Inlet
Hereford Inlet
6
19
SP
Hereford Inlet - Cape May Inlet
8
NV
Cold Spring Inlet
20
SP
Cape May City (Cape May Inlet to Lower Township)
21
SP/ER
Lower Cape May Meadows - Cape May Point
Delaware Bay Coast of Southern New Jersey (Philadelphia District)
22
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ: Villas and Vicinity
23
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ: Reeds Beach to Pierces Point
24
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ: Oakwood Beach
Project Reliability (PR)
• Constructed Projects
All constructed shore projection, navigation and coastal ecosystem restoration projects listed in the tables are color coded so that readers can
determine current project condition (or project reliability) at a glance. For example, “red” shore protection projects are less reliable than “yellow”
shore protection projects. “Yellow” shore protection projects are less reliable than “green” shore protection projects, which are performing well.
• Unconstructed Projects
All unconstructed shore protection, navigation and coastal ecosystem restoration projects listed
in the tables are color coded in purple. These projects have significant needs identified.
Shore Protection:
Navigation:
= Good
Project is early in the renourishment cycle, or the
project is performing better than expected, or both.
= Intermediate
Project is midway through the renourishment cycle, or
the project is performing worse than expected, or both.
Project reliability is determined according to the idea of probability and
condition and involves the Half Channel Availability Percentage. This is
the amount of time (during a 1-yr period) that the channel is available
at maintained depths between the quarter points, see diagram. The
quarter points represent the location of the channel dredged to its
maintained depth.
CL
= Poor
Qtr Pt
Current
Profile profile.
Project is late in the renourishment cycle or below
the design
= Unconstructed
Current Profile
Qtr Pt
Toe
Toe
Project reliability is not applicable for unconstructed projects.
These projects have significant shore protectionCurrent
problems
identified.
Profile
Current Profile
Renourishment Profile
Current Project Profile
Design Profile
Renourishment Profile
Current Project Profile
Renourishment
Design Profile Profile
Design Profile
Current Project Profile
Renourishment Profile
Current Project Profile
Renourishment
Design Profile Profile
Design Profile
Current Project Profile
Renourishment Profile
Renourishment
Design Profile Profile
Current Project Profile
= Good
95% at half channel availability at maintained depth.
= Moderate
75% at half channel availability at maintained depth.
= Poor
50% at half channel availability at maintained depth.
= Failing
25% at half channel availability at maintained depth.
= Failed
0% at half channel availability at maintained depth.
Design Profile
Current Project Profile
Renourishment Profile
Design Profile
Current Project Profile
Renourishment Profile
Design Profile
Current Profile
Renourishment Profile
Renourishment
Design Profile Profile
Current Profile
Design Profile
Current Profile
Renourishment Profile
Design Profile
These diagrams compare the current
project profile with the
Current Profile
design profile and the renourishment profile for a sense of
overall project reliability for shore protection projects.
Pilot Study Recommendations:
= Maximum Federal Program
The rows shaded in green represent the portfolio of projects that may be
accomplished provided the Maximum Federal Funding is made available
to projects in NJ.
Project Name
Project
Type (PT)
Monitoring for Shore Protection Projects
Project
Reliability
2013
Project Name
Cost
Cumulative
Cost
5,000
Monitoring
1,000
1,000
Total 5-Yr
Cost
PT
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway
NV
5,000
Barnegat Inlet
765
1,765
NV
Shrewsbury River
NV
10,520
Manasquan Inlet
550
2,315
NV
Highlands
SP
25,500
Shark River Inlet
600
2,915
NV
Leonardo
SP
3,000
Cold Spring Inlet
600
3,515
NV
Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek
NV
4,900
Absecon Inlet
0
3,515
NV
Port Monmouth
SP
46,000
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway
1,000
4,515
NV
Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay: Keansburg,
E. Keansburg, & Laurence Harbor Section 506
SP
22,200
Barnegat Inlet - Little Egg Inlet (LBI)
13,600
18,115
SP
Union Beach
SP
86,000
Sea Bright - Manasquan
18,000
36,115
SP
Cheesequake Creek
NV
1,300
Absecon Island
12,000
48,115
SP
Sea Bright to Manasquan
SP
90,000
Port Monmouth
3,000
51,115
SP
Shark River Inlet
NV
3,000
Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek
200
51,315
NV
Manasquan Inlet
NV
2,750
Cheesequake Creek
60
51,375
NV
Manasquan Inlet - Barnegat Inlet
SP
51,250
Shrewsbury River
60
51,435
NV
Barnegat Inlet
NV
3,825
Highlands
500
51,935
SP
Barnegat Inlet - Little Egg Inlet (LBI)
SP
61,000
Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay: Keansburg,
E. Keansburg, & Laurence Harbor Section 506
550
52,485
SP
Brigantine Island
SP
3,900
Townsends Inlet - Cape May Inlet
300
52,785
SP
Absecon Inlet
NV
0
Brigantine Island
80
52,865
SP
Absecon Island
SP
25,200
Ocean City
(Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach)
500
53,365
SP
Ocean City
(Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach)
SP
12,000
Cape May City
(Cape May Inlet to Lower Township)
7,200
60,565
SP
Great Egg Harbor Inlet - Townsends Inlet
SP
57,500
Great Egg Harbor Inlet - Townsends Inlet
500
61,065
SP
Townsends Inlet - Cape May Inlet
SP
20,900
Lower Cape May Meadows - Cape May Pt
400
61,465
SP/
ER
Hereford Inlet - Cape May Inlet
SP
20,800
Hereford Inlet - Cape May Inlet
300
61,765
SP
Cold Spring Inlet
NV
3,000
Manasquan Inlet - Barnegat Inlet
250
62,015
SP
Cape May City
(Cape May Inlet to Lower Township)
SP
22,000
Leonardo
500
62,515
SP
SP/ER
9,600
Union Beach
500
63,015
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Villas and Vicinity
SP
9,400
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Villas and Vicinity
9,000
72,015
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Reeds Beach to Pierces Point
SP
5,400
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Reeds Beach to Pierces Point
5,000
77,015
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Oakwood Beach
SP
3,400
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Oakwood Beach
250
77,265
SP
Lower Cape May Meadows - Cape May Pt
Total 5-Yr Cost
$614,345
Totals
$77,265
PR
2014
Project Name
Cost
Cumulative
Cost
Monitoring
1,000
1,000
Barnegat Inlet
765
1,765
NV
Manasquan Inlet
550
2,315
Shark River Inlet
600
Cold Spring Inlet
2015
Project Name
Cost
Cumulative
Cost
Monitoring
1,000
1,000
Barnegat Inlet
765
1,765
NV
NV
Manasquan Inlet
550
2,315
NV
2,915
NV
Shark River Inlet
600
2,915
NV
600
3,515
NV
Cold Spring Inlet
600
3,515
NV
0
3,515
NV
Absecon Inlet
0
3,515
NV
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway
1,000
4,515
NV
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway
1,000
4,515
NV
Barnegat Inlet - Little Egg Inlet (LBI)
15,600
20,115
SP
Ocean City
(Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach)
10,000
14,515
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan
18,000
38,115
SP
Cape May City
(Cape May Inlet to Lower Township)
7,200
21,715
SP
Townsends Inlet - Cape May Inlet
12,000
50,115
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan
18,000
39,715
SP
Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek
4,500
54,615
NV
Great Egg Harbor Inlet - Townsends Inlet
11,000
50,715
SP
Cheesequake Creek
200
54,815
NV
Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek
100
50,815
NV
Shrewsbury River
60
54,875
NV
Cheesequake Creek
900
51,715
NV
Highlands
1,000
55,875
SP
Shrewsbury River
250
51,965
NV
Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay: Keansburg,
E. Keansburg, & Laurence Harbor Section 506
20,000
75,875
SP
Highlands
8,000
59,965
SP
Great Egg Harbor Inlet - Townsends Inlet
12,000
87,875
SP
Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay: Keansburg,
E. Keansburg, & Laurence Harbor Section 506
550
60,515
SP
Absecon Island
400
88,275
SP
Hereford Inlet - Cape May Inlet
10,000
70,515
SP
Brigantine Island
80
88,355
SP
Absecon Island
400
70,915
SP
Ocean City
(Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach)
500
88,855
SP
Townsends Inlet - Cape May Inlet
300
71,215
SP
Cape May City
(Cape May Inlet to Lower Township)
200
89,055
SP
Brigantine Island
80
71,295
SP
Lower Cape May Meadows - Cape May Pt
400
89,455
SP/
ER
Lower Cape May Meadows - Cape May Pt
400
71,695
SP/
ER
Hereford Inlet - Cape May Inlet
250
89,705
SP
Barnegat Inlet - Little Egg Inlet (LBI)
600
72,295
SP
Manasquan Inlet - Barnegat Inlet
1,000
90,705
SP
Manasquan Inlet - Barnegat Inlet
20,000
92,295
SP
Leonardo
2,000
92,705
SP
Leonardo
500
92,795
SP
Union Beach
21,000
113,705
SP
Union Beach
22,000
114,795
SP
Port Monmouth
10,000
123,705
SP
Port Monmouth
11,000
125,795
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Villas and Vicinity
100
123,805
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Villas and Vicinity
100
125,895
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Reeds Beach to Pierces Point
100
123,905
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Reeds Beach to Pierces Point
100
125,995
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Oakwood Beach
3,000
126,905
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Oakwood Beach
50
126,045
SP
Absecon Inlet
Totals
$126,905
PT
PR
Totals
$126,045
PT
PR
2016
Project Name
Cost
Cumulative
Cost
Monitoring
1,000
1,000
Barnegat Inlet
765
1,765
NV
Manasquan Inlet
550
2,315
Shark River Inlet
600
Cold Spring Inlet
2017
Project Name
Cost
Cumulative
Cost
Monitoring
1,000
1,000
Barnegat Inlet
765
1,765
NV
NV
Manasquan Inlet
550
2,315
NV
2,915
NV
Shark River Inlet
600
2,915
NV
600
3,515
NV
Cold Spring Inlet
600
3,515
NV
0
3,515
NV
Absecon Inlet
0
3,515
NV
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway
1,000
4,515
NV
New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway
1,000
4,515
NV
Sea Bright - Manasquan
18,000
22,515
SP
Barnegat Inlet - Little Egg Inlet (LBI)
15,600
20,115
SP
Great Egg Harbor Inlet - Townsends Inlet
22,000
44,515
SP
Sea Bright - Manasquan
18,000
38,115
SP
Brigantine Island
3,580
48,095
SP
Great Egg Harbor Inlet - Townsends Inlet
12,000
50,115
SP
Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek
60
48,155
NV
Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek
40
50,155
NV
Cheesequake Creek
100
48,255
NV
Cheesequake Creek
40
50,195
NV
Shrewsbury River
10,000
58,255
NV
Shrewsbury River
150
50,345
NV
Highlands
8,000
66,255
SP
Lower Cape May Meadows - Cape May Pt
8,000
58,345
SP/
ER
550
66,805
SP
Highlands
8,000
66,345
SP
Hereford Inlet - Cape May Inlet
10,000
76,805
SP
Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay: Keansburg,
E. Keansburg, & Laurence Harbor Section 506
550
66,895
SP
Barnegat Inlet - Little Egg Inlet (LBI)
15,600
92,405
SP
Townsends Inlet - Cape May Inlet
8,000
74,895
SP
Absecon Island
12,000
104,405
SP
Cape May City
(Cape May Inlet to Lower Township)
7,200
82,095
SP
Townsends Inlet - Cape May Inlet
300
104,705
SP
Absecon Island
400
82,495
SP
Lower Cape May Meadows - Cape May Pt
400
105,105
SP/
ER
Brigantine Island
80
82,575
SP
Ocean City
(Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach)
500
105,605
SP
Ocean City
(Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach)
500
83,075
SP
Cape May City
(Cape May Inlet to Lower Township)
200
105,805
SP
Hereford Inlet - Cape May Inlet
250
83,325
SP
Manasquan Inlet - Barnegat Inlet
20,000
125,805
SP
Manasquan Inlet - Barnegat Inlet
10,000
93,325
SP
Union Beach
22,000
147,805
SP
Union Beach
20,500
113,825
SP
Port Monmouth
11,000
158,805
SP
Port Monmouth
11,000
124,825
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Villas and Vicinity
100
158,905
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Villas and Vicinity
100
124,925
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Reeds Beach to Pierces Point
100
159,005
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Reeds Beach to Pierces Point
100
125,025
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Oakwood Beach
50
159,055
SP
Delaware Bay Coastline, DE & NJ:
Oakwood Beach
50
125,075
SP
Absecon Inlet
Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook Bay: Keansburg,
E. Keansburg, & Laurence Harbor Section 506
Totals
$159,055
PT
PR
PT
PR
Totals $125,075
Estimated Future Federal Cost (in $1,000s)
Monmouth Beach
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Before
Donald E. Cresitello
USACE Planning Center of Expertise
for Coastal Storm Damage Reduction
New York District, Planning Division
917-790-8608
[email protected]
Jeffrey A. Gebert
USACE Planning Center of Expertise
for Coastal Storm Damage Reduction
Philadelphia District, Planning Division
215-656-6573
[email protected]
After
Cape May Point
Charles B. Chesnutt
USACE Institute for Water Resources
703-428-9085
[email protected]
Coastal Systems Portfolio Initiative
Project Web Database
http://cspi.usace.army.mil/
Before
After