NJ Natural Gas Upgrading Pipelines in Peninsula Area

New Jersey Natural Gas is currently in the process of replacing approximately 1.4 miles of aging natural gas distribution pipelines that serve Little Silver, Oceanport, Fair Haven and Rumson.

The existing 6-inch and 8-inch steel distribution main pipeline, which primarily runs beneath Seven Bridges Road, will be replaced by a 12-inch steel line "to improve system pressure and reliability to the peninsula area," a release from NJNG said.

The pipes to be replaced are over 40 years old, originally installed in sections in 1958, 1962 and 1968.

The main line runs in segments from Rumson Road to Little Silver Point Road in Little Silver, then from Silverside Avenue in Little Silver to Monmouth Boulevard in Oceanport, down Myrtle Avenue from Port-Au-Peck Avenue through , and ending at McClellan Street in Oceanport.

Work on the Seven Bridges Road segment of the $4.1 million Monmouth County Reinforcement Project began this summer and is expected to be completed by the spring of 2012. Other improvements bundled in the project are being made along Route 34 in Wall and Shafto Road in Tinton Falls.

The project is part of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities' Accelerated Infrastructure Program (AIP II), which pushes previously approved infrastructure projects forward to spur economic development.