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NJ101.5 news article on Manasquan Inlet, Smith's call for USACE to fix ASAP'NJ boating: Extremely dangerous conditions develop off Pt. Pleasant Beach NJ'By Dan Alexander / NJ101.5 staff reporter - Mayor Doug Vitale said in a statement on his Facebook page the shoaling was likely caused by constant southerly winds in recent weeks. Fishing boat Capt. William Egerter Jr. told the Asbury Park Press that the sandbar is taking up a third of the channel connecting the Manasquan River and the Atlantic Ocean. “The build-up of sand on the Point Pleasant side of the inlet against the jetty has reached unprecedented proportions,” U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. 4th District, said in a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers. “This is not only a grounding hazard to vessels, but the waves created inside the inlet as a result of this shoaling are enough to capsize boats that regularly traverse the channel.” ALSO READ: The latest on Debby: Day-by-day heavy rain forecast for NJ
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