Capital Project List Updates
Ocean City in recent years has committed an unprecedented level of funding to completing long-neglected projects. The city plans to spend more than $159 million over the next five years to improve every part of island from the beach and boardwalk to the bay. Check here for regular updates on projects. The work is guided by a five-year capital plan.


Here are projects currently under construction and in the planning stages.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

POLICE SUBSTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Construction is underway as of winter 2025.
  • DESCRIPTION: Construction of new police substation at 8th Street and Boardwalk. A separate project will rehabilitate the existing police station on the 800 block of Central Avenue.
  • SCHEDULE: Substation construction expected to be complete in fall 2025. Main police station will follow.

FIFTH STREET TENNIS COURTS

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Project expected to be complete in time for spring 2025 OCHS tennis season.
  • DESCRIPTION: Refinishing the tennis courts at Fifth Street, both hard-surface and turf.
  • SCHEDULE: Fall 2024/winter 2025

FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT: MERION PARK

  • PROJECT UPDATE:  Construction in Merion Park is expected to be complete with final paving in spring 2025. The county's work on Roosevelt Boulevard and West Avenue is still in the design and permitting stage.
  • DESCRIPTION: A second phase of flood mitigation work for Merion Park will also include the nearby areas of Bay Avenue, Simpson Avenue, Haven Avenue and West Avenue (34th-37th), along with sections of 35th, 36th and 37th streets. Road elevations near the West Avenue intersections with 43rd, 44th and 45th streets are also planned. This project will be completed in conjunction with Cape May County work to elevate and improve drainage along Roosevelt Boulevard from the 34th Street Bridge to West Avenue. See Overview, Map and Sections.
  • SCHEDULE: The city's portion of the project is scheduled to be complete by spring 2025. The county's portion will be completed in 2025/2026.

WEST AVENUE: NORTH STREET TO NINTH STREET

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Project is complete.
  • DESCRIPTION: Road, drainage and elevation improvements partially funded by an NJ DOT grant.  
  • SCHEDULE: Complete.

WEST AVENUE: NINTH STREET TO 18TH STREET

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Project is underway.
  • DESCRIPTION: A sewer line failure under West Avenue between Ninth Street and 16th Street required a major replacement project by the New Jersey American Water Company. Separate city projects will include paving of the roadway from curb to curb between Ninth Street and 18th Street.   
  • SCHEDULE: Final paving will take place in spring 2025.

ANCILLARY ROADS: MIDTOWN-CENTRAL

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Utility companies completed upgrades in advance of this project. Paving work is underway and will be completed in spring 2025.
  • DESCRIPTION: Central Avenue (28th to 34th), Wesley Avenue (18th to 24th), 18th Street (West Avenue to beach), 23rd Street (West to beach), 24th Street (West to beach), 32nd Street (West to beach), West/Asbury alley (25th to 26th), West/Asbury alley (27th to 31st) and Asbury/Central alley (26th to 30th).  
  • SCHEDULE: Fall 2024/Spring 2025.


VARIOUS STREETS AND ALLEYS: 2025

  • PROJECT UPDATE: City Council voted to award contract for work on 6 roadways and 24 alleys on Jan. 9, 2025.
  • DESCRIPTION: Drainage and paving work at 3300 block of Haven Avenue, Third Street (Corinthian to Boardwalk), E. Station Avenue, Sixth Street and Wesley Avenue intersection, Ninth Street and Ocean Avenue intersection, Bayland Drive/Waterway (near where an outfall pipe was eliminated). Alleys to be repaved include: West Seabright/West Surf Road, North to 1st (Ocean/Wesley), 700 block of Central/Wesley, Prospect to Bay (Bayview/14th Street), 20th to 23rd (3 blocks of Asbury/Central), 17th to 24th (7 blocks of West/Asbury), 20th to 22nd (2 blocks of Simpson/Haven), 23rd to 24th (Simpson/Haven), 21st to 28th (7 blocks of Haven/West).
  • SCHEDULE: 2025


ON DECK

FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT: 21ST STREET TO 26TH STREET

  • PROJECT UPDATE:  Project is under design. 
  • DESCRIPTION: Project will elevate streets, improve drainage and add pumping stations to the corridor between Bay Avenue and West Avenue.
  • SCHEDULE: Construction is expected to begin early in 2026.


OPEN SPACE ON 1600 BLOCK OF SIMPSON/HAVEN

  • PROJECT UPDATE:  Environmental remediation of the new open space between 16th Street and the Community Center is complete.
  • DESCRIPTION: Conversion of a former car dealership lot into open space for public use.
  • SCHEDULE: Ongoing


Check back for further updates as this page is updated with more projects under construction and on deck.


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