High Bar Harbor bulkhead & shoreline work

Part of Long Beach Township, High Bar Harbor is the north-westernmost corner of Long Beach Township, west of Barnegat Light.

The waterfront here. Around 385 homes, developed principally in the mid-1950s, most of them on lagoon frontage with private dockage.

The water. Lagoons cut back from Barnegat Bay, with water on three sides of the community and Barnegat Inlet immediately to the east.

High Bar Harbor sits in the north-west corner of Long Beach Township, west of Barnegat Light and surrounded by water on three sides, and it is a lagoon community rather than an ocean-block one. Its walls were built with the community in the mid-1950s, which puts the original timber well past the age at which a marine survey starts finding trouble, and vinyl is the standard replacement now. What separates it from a mainland lagoon is its position: Barnegat Inlet is close by to the east, the tidal movement through this end of the bay is strong, and salt air works on every fastener year-round. Sheltered canal water and an exposed setting is an unusual combination, and it means age-related failure here is often further along than the same wall would be inland.

Working here. A single approach into a lagoon grid at the end of the island, so staging is from the street or by barge.

Around High Bar Harbor. The work comes from the lagoon streets running off the main approach; the frontage facing Barnegat Bay to the west; the streets nearest the inlet side; the sections at the far end of the community.

On cost here. Lagoon lots keep the structural spec modest, but the community's position at the end of the island makes access and scheduling a real factor, and hardware wear from salt air can push a repair toward a fuller replacement.

High Bar Harbor is in Long Beach Township, not in Barnegat Light borough next door — the two are routinely confused, and it decides which construction office issues the permit.

It pairs sheltered mid-1950s lagoon frontage with a position right beside Barnegat Inlet, so its walls age like a canal but weather like the open end of the island.

High Bar Harbor is part of Long Beach Township, so permits run through the Long Beach Township construction office rather than Barnegat Light. Full replacement normally requires NJDEP waterfront development or CAFRA review, tidelands documentation and flood-zone compliance. One thing worth checking before design: the township adopted Ordinance 21-27C in October 2021, setting minimum bulkhead heights for lagoon and bayfront properties as a condition of a certificate of occupancy, then repealed it in February 2022 after resident objections. A contractor working from the older rule may be quoting to a requirement that no longer applies, so confirm the current standard with the township.