Automated gate, pump station, living shoreline eyed to reduce flooding Originally published to the Ocean Star on May 1, 2026 BAY HEAD — Construction of an integrated flood gate and pump station at the mouth of Scow Ditch has been tentatively selected as a preferred plan for reducing flooding in the borough, according to Collier’s Engineering and Design Project Manager Ian R. Walczak announced at the April 14 meeting of the Bay Head Environmental Commission (BHEC). For several