The mayor of North Wildwood says his town has reached an agreement with the state to drop claims on both sides and move forward with measures to widen the town’s beaches.
A decadelong conflict over the condition of a Cape May County resort town's beaches, involving tens of millions of dollars in litigation and fines, could come to an end soon.Patrick Rosenello, the mayor of North Wildwood, says his town has reached an agreement with the New Jersey Department of Environment al Protection to drop claims on both sides and move forward with measures to widen beaches in the community.
Erosion had become so bad in parts of North Wildwood that protective sand dunes were obliterated, leaving homes and businesses vulnerable to flooding and wave damage in the event of a major storm, At one point in January, Rosenello posed for photos on the beach with what was left of a dune barely reaching his knees.The state Department of Transportation did an interim replenishment project last summer after Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy called the erosion in North Wildwood "shocking.
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