A variety of Atlantic City infrastructure and development projects are moving forward, as the city also opens new areas to development..

“Infrastructure projects are the foundation of any other development,” said Elizabeth Terenik, the city’s planning director, at a Wednesday meeting reviewing the projects.

To that end, construction will soon begin on the Baltic Avenue Drainage Improvements Project, a $6.5 million effort to add pumps and gates to the century-old canal. The work should alleviate flooding between Atlantic Avenue and Fisherman’s Park.

Construction on the city’s neglected northern shore could begin by the middle of August, said Keith Watson, a project manager with the Army Corps of Engineers.

That two-year project will involve construction of a new seawall and Boardwalk running from Rhode Island Avenue to Gardner’s Basin. The Corps, which is handling multiple construction phases, will begin by demolishing the remaining cement Boardwalk pillars between Oriental and Atlantic avenues.

Near by, ground has been broken at the intersection of Pacific and S. New Hampshire avenues, where the Altman Playground is being rehabilitated.

Chris Linden, a foreman with Command Co, Inc. who was working on the site Friday, said that new bulkheads are being installed, along with new bathrooms, fences, and playground equipment. The basketball courts will get new backboards and will be painted, Linden said, while a new net will be strung across the tennis court. Work should be completed by the fall, he said.

On the other side of town, the rehabilitation of Andrew “Flags” Field in Chelsea Heights, a project years in the making, will soon start. A pre-construction meeting took place Friday at City Hall. The site’s new turf field should be ready by fall, the city says.

Construction has also started at the Morris Guards Armory on New York Avenue, where Philadelphia-based developer LPMG plans to turn the building into apartments and first-floor businesses.

Elsewhere, the city recently put a diverse set of 14 parcels out to bid, hoping to spark commercial and residential development across the city. The RFPs are due August 11.

Terenik and City Council President Frank M. Gilliam said Friday that they have been talking to developers about the parcels. Garden Pier has drawn interest, they noted, as well as a lot by the intersection of Route 30 and N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Gilliam said the ornate but long vacant Kennedy Plaza Pavilion has also been discussed as the possible future site of a beer garden or coffee shop, though Terenik noted Wednesday that the historic structure will require significant rehabilitation work.

Even so, Terenik and Gilliam have presented a sense of development momentum, as well as the city’s commitment to not just selling vacant lands and buildings, but turning them over to developers with tangible plans and the credentials to make them a reality.

“Infrastructure projects are the foundation of any other development,” said Elizabeth Terenik, the city’s planning director, at a Wednesday meeting reviewing the projects.

To that end, construction will soon begin on the Baltic Avenue Drainage Improvements Project, a $6.5 million effort to add pumps and gates to the century-old canal. The work should alleviate flooding between Atlantic Avenue and Fisherman’s Park.

Construction on the city’s neglected northern shore could begin by the middle of August, said Keith Watson, a project manager with the Army Corps of Engineers.

That two-year project will involve construction of a new seawall and Boardwalk running from Rhode Island Avenue to Gardner’s Basin. The Corps, which is handling multiple construction phases, will begin by demolishing the remaining cement Boardwalk pillars between Oriental and Atlantic avenues.

Near by, ground has been broken at the intersection of Pacific and S. New Hampshire avenues, where the Altman Playground is being rehabilitated.

Chris Linden, a foreman with Command Co, Inc. who was working on the site Friday, said that new bulkheads are being installed, along with new bathrooms, fences, and playground equipment. The basketball courts will get new backboards and will be painted, Linden said, while a new net will be strung across the tennis court. Work should be completed by the fall, he said.

On the other side of town, the rehabilitation of Andrew “Flags” Field in Chelsea Heights, a project years in the making, will soon start. A pre-construction meeting took place Friday at City Hall. The site’s new turf field should be ready by fall, the city says.

Construction has also started at the Morris Guards Armory on New York Avenue, where Philadelphia-based developer LPMG plans to turn the building into apartments and first-floor businesses.

Elsewhere, the city recently put a diverse set of 14 parcels out to bid, hoping to spark commercial and residential development across the city. The RFPs are due August 11.

Terenik and City Council President Frank M. Gilliam said Friday that they have been talking to developers about the parcels. Garden Pier has drawn interest, they noted, as well as a lot by the intersection of Route 30 and N. Pennsylvania Ave.

Gilliam said the ornate but long vacant Kennedy Plaza Pavilion has also been discussed as the possible future site of a beer garden or coffee shop, though Terenik noted Wednesday that the historic structure will require significant rehabilitation work.

Even so, Terenik and Gilliam have presented a sense of development momentum, as well as the city’s commitment to not just selling vacant lands and buildings, but turning them over to developers with tangible plans and the credentials to make them a reality.