In the coming months, this Cape May County Shore Town will have construction done on over 25 percent of the island in preparations for the Summer of 2024
Ocean County 10th District State Legislators are now making a push for the Murphy Administration to cover the costs of the Army Corps of Engineers beach replenishment projects.
Ocean County Commissioners have directed about $4-million of the bill for the municipalities along the northern barrier island to have beach replenishment work done.
I had NO IDEA so much went into repairing our dunes! More than getting the project funded and approved, the sand selection (if not dredging the sand from the ocean floor) is super specific.
"I never thought people would be that selfish and self-centered like the people in Point Pleasant Beach and Bay Head and Mantoloking who are holding out," Gov. Chris Christie said.
Beach replenishment is critical to New Jersey's $43 billion tourism industry, and most of that is due to people visiting the beaches, U.S. Rep Frank LoBiondo says.
As Ortley Beach homeowners gear up to rally Saturday against the stalled beach replenishment project, there's encouraging news from Toms River officials.
Almost three years after Sandy, residents of Toms River's Barrier Island are being informed by Township officials that the Army Corps of Engineers stalled Beach and Dune Replenishment project isn't likely to happen until spring, 2106 at the earliest.