Most beachgoers won’t notice a difference, unless you’re in North Wildwood, said one expert.
Work continues on an eroded section of beach in North Wildwood Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The Shore town received emergency permission from state officials to repair damaged dunes before the Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer tourism season. The town and the state of New Jersey have been fighting for years over how best to protect their shoreline while it awaits a federal and state beach replenishment project.
It doesn’t help that the wheels of bureaucracy turn slowly to jump into action, said North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello, whose town hasn’t received a beach “” since after Hurricane Sandy a decade ago. When a beach is renourished, sand from off shore is dredged up and moved to the shore to beef up coastlines against erosion.
Farrell and other researchers say it’s easier to get support from federal and state governments when there are dramatic events like hurricanes, but the more chronic and ongoing erosion that happens each year don’t draw the same kind of attention. “A Northeaster storm can do as much damage as a hurricane,” Farrell said., alongside colleagues. It’s a form of erosion that is analogous to “death by a thousand paper cuts,” he said.
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