A beach town that is defying New Jersey's order not to shore up its eroding sand dunes is suing the state for $21 million.
The DEP declined comment on the lawsuit Thursday. But in past correspondence with North Wildwood, the agency has said that no emergency condition exists, and warns that the type of work proposed by the city could actually make erosion even worse.
He faulted the data collection relied upon by the state, which he said was performed by an unlicensed individual using “amateur equipment” that’s no more accurate than a phone app. “It really is touch and go,” Rosenello said. In the event of a serious storm, he added, the city will begin installing the bulkhead “unless the judge tells us not to.”
While most of the Jersey Shore’s 127-mile coastline got replenished beaches in the years after Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012, North Wildwood has not, Rosenello said. The city is part of a proposed multi-town federal and state beach replenishment project also involving Wildwood, Wildwood Crest and Lower Township.But numerous legal and real estate agreements must be executed before that can happen, and that project likely can’t start until at least fall 2024, the state estimated in August.
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