Whether a remedy is determined to address sand and water issues in the work area for the final phase of the Causeway project in Ship Bottom is unclear, but at least one borough official is hopeful that once the drainage project is complete the area will be improved.

Councilman Joe Valyo, also borough emergency management coordinator, said recently he was “really optimistic” to see the new storm drains are twice as large as the existing ones that are about three-quarters filled with dirt, muck…