The sand will go on even if the budget stalemate isn’t settled.
Ed Voigt, a spokesman for the Corps' Philadelphia office, said Monday that dredging and dune rebuilding projects are already funded and the contractors will keep working.
Voigt said the federal employees who oversee the contracts are considered essential and won't be told to stay home if the government closes amid a dispute over funding for President Barack Obama's health insurance overhaul.
"The work that's going on is with obligated funds, money that's already been spent," Voigt said. "The contractors are doing what they're being paid for."
Voigt said there is enough funding in place to continue work for months.
The Corps and its contractors are working on fixing beaches damaged by Sandy last year. Voigt said the agency's work on those projects in New Jersey are on target to be completed by late November.
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The plan is to build new dunes in many areas starting in 2014.
