A bulldozer began moving sand along a stretch of badly eroded beach Monday in a Jersey Shore town where the bitter fight over how to protect its rapidly shrinking shoreline has led to $33 million worth of litigation.
Before the summer tourism season kicks off this weekend, North Wildwood hopes to repair dunes in the most heavily eroded section of its beach and restore beach access points to usable condition. The state Department of Environmental Protection granted permission for emergency repairs last week.
The state has fined North Wildwood $12 million for past unauthorized work on its beaches that the state claims could actually worsen erosion. "We are happy to get this work completed soon," said Mayor Patrick Rosenello. "But this certainly doesn't fix the much larger issue, which is the lack of a beach nourishment project in North Wildwood."
As a result, it has experienced serious erosion over the last decade, and says it needs to take immediate emergency steps including shoring up dunes and building another steel sea wall to complement one it already built.
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