Capital Project List Updates
Ocean City in recent years has committed ample funding to completing long-neglected projects. The city plans to spend more than $67 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

BOARDWALK RECONSTRUCTION

  • PROJECT UPDATE:  Work is ongoing and expected to be complete before the end of March in 2026.
  • DESCRIPTION: A $5 million Boardwalk Preservation Fund grant will help pay for rebuilding the Boardwalk from St. Charles Place to Fifth Street. Project will include complete replacement of substructure and decking A section of ipe decking will be preserved and re-installed. A separate project to rebuild from 14th Street to 16th Street will take place after summer 2026. 
  • SCHEDULE: Fall 2025 to Fall 2026

FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT: MERION PARK

  • PROJECT UPDATE:  See updated map of scheduled sewer main repairs. New Jersey American Water is completing upgrades to the sanitary sewer system (unrelated to the flood mitigation work), and be complete by the end of 2025. For the flood mitigation project, four new pumping stations have been installed and activated. Elevations and storm drainage improvements for the city's portion of the project are complete. The county's elevation of Roosevelt Boulevard from the 34th Street Bridge to Bay Avenue will be completed from December 2025 to May 2026. Roosevelt Boulevard from Bay Avenue to West Avenue (and adjacent areas) will be completed in fall 2026.
  • DESCRIPTION: A second phase of flood mitigation work for Merion Park will 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. 
  • SCHEDULE: The city's portion of the project was completed in spring 2025. The county's portion will be completed in 2025/2026.

VARIOUS STREETS AND ALLEYS (Phase 2): 2025

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Work will resume in fall 2025. 
  • DESCRIPTION: Morningside Road (North St. to Beach Rd.), Gardens Road (North St. to Beach Rd.), and Nassau Road. Alleys to be repaved include: North to 1st (Bay/Simpson), 200 block of West/Asbury, Pennlyn to 3rd (Ocean/Atlantic), 300 block and 400 block of Ocean/Atlantic, 5th Street (repairing outfall pipe work), 3400 block of Asbury/Central, 37th to 40th (West/Asbury), 40th to 42nd (Asbury/Central), 4900 block of West/Haven, 50th to 52nd (West/Asbury), Safe Harbor Drive/S. Inlet, 43rd to 45th (behind Ocean Aire Condos).
  • SCHEDULE: Spring 2025 and Fall 2025

POLICE SUBSTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Construction of the police substation is complete and the building is currently being equipped. Police are expected to move in early in 2026. Design of the main public safety building at 835 Central Avenue is underway. The tentative schedule calls for going out to bid in summer 2026 with construction taking place October 2026 through May 2028.
  • DESCRIPTION: Construction of new police substation at 8th Street and Boardwalk. A separate project will rehabilitate or rebuild the existing police station on the 800 block of Central Avenue.
  • SCHEDULE: 2025-2026

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. Work to clear pavement and install sidewalks began in Oct. 2025.
  • DESCRIPTION: Conversion of a former car dealership lot into open space for public use. A small portion will be used for additional parking for the adjacent Ocean City Community Center.
  • SCHEDULE: Ongoing



ON DECK

ADDITIONAL PARKING BEHIND CITY HALL

  • PROJECT UPDATE:  Demolition of the buildings is tentatively slated for January 2026 with paving and striping expected to be complete before Memorial Day 2026. 
  • DESCRIPTION: The purchase of two private parking lots and two buildings will allow for the expansion of downtown parking along the 800 block of Central Avenue (behind City Hall).
  • SCHEDULE: Spring 2026.

OCEAN CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

  • PROJECT UPDATE:  Design is expected to be complete in May 2026 with construction from July 2026 to August 2027. 
  • DESCRIPTION: The construction of a new terminal building (including space for a restaurant) at the Ocean City Municipal Airport. This project will be funded in part by a $3 million donation from Leon Grisbaum.
  • SCHEDULE: Spring 2026 to Summer 2027.

34th STREET RECREATIONAL COMPLEX

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Design is complete, and construction is expected to begin in fall 2026, pending delivery of custom playground equipment. 
  • DESCRIPTION: Renovations at the Sandcastle Park Recreation Complex at 34th Street. We have a $3.5 million grant from the county to help cover the costs. The plans include a state-of-the-art playground, a small outdoor stage for special events, a basketball court for kids with disabilities, resurfaced tennis courts, new restroom facilities, new pickleball courts and more.
  • SCHEDULE: Fall 2026.

FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT: 19TH 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.


RECENTLY COMPLETED

WEST AVENUE: NINTH STREET TO 18TH STREET

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Complete.
  • 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.


VARIOUS STREETS AND ALLEYS: 2025

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Complete.
  • 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: Spring 2025

WEST AVENUE: NORTH STREET TO NINTH STREET

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

ANCILLARY ROADS: MIDTOWN-CENTRAL

  • PROJECT UPDATE: Complete.
  • 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.


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


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