Farmingdale, NJ (December 1, 2006) – Construction at Hoffman’s Marina in Brielle, New Jersey, is underway, promising private housing coupled with public access to the Manasquan River. Construction that began nearly a year ago is giving way to a model unit that will be open in Spring 2007.

The project includes construction of an 18-unit age-restricted townhouse community on the 1.77-acre site. There will be a total of three buildings with private parking (one parking space will be in the attached private garage and another will be located in the covered driveway at the front of each unit). Currently, there are 45 boat slips at the site, and nine more will be added.

The public will enjoy 57 public parking spaces and open access to the marina, with a designated loading and unloading area, as well as a pump-out station for boats tied directly to the sanitary sewer system. A one-story marina building will include a bait and tackle shop, public restrooms, dock master services and minor boat repair service. A mobile crane service will be used for boat retrieval and launching during the fall and spring seasons.

When the weather turns cool, the public access parking area will be use for winter month dry-dock services, which will accommodate about 10 30-foot, 16, 25-foot and 14 24-foot boats. In all, it will accommodate 40 boats off-season.

The site is also environmentally advanced, and was one of the first projects approved by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) under the state’s newest stormwater regulations.

“We have incorporated in our design new water quality measures, which include a manufactured treatment unit called a storm filters and a natural device called a vegetated filter to further ensure water quality by filtering the rainwater and eliminating pollutants,” says Tim Lurie, director of engineering.

D.W. Smith Associates was founded in 1965, and has served residential and commercial developers, industries, municipalities, governmental agencies and individuals. In 1995, D.W. Smith Associates obtained an internationally registered trademark certificate for “Greengineering®,” which describes the company’s environmentally friendly approach to land development design.
 

For more information about D.W. Smith Associates, call 732-363-5850.