Daily News | NJ DEP sues N. Wildwood over planned dune repair due to storm-battered beaches
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection sued North Wildwood this week seeking to stop it from buttressing its dune system with what the state calls an illegal 400-foot long steel bulkhead the Shore community plans to install after fall storms caused beach erosion.
A temporary dune project the town undertook earlier this year was partly destroyed by another storm weeks before Memorial Day. Then, the remnants of Hurricane Ian struck in October, causing cliffs to form on dunes that were eaten away. North Wildwood has spent millions in 2022 trying to keep its famed broad, sandy beaches intact.
Rosenello called Judge Michael Blee’s decision not to grant the DEP’s request to immediately stop the bulkhead project “a very big win.” The bulkhead is the only practical and affordable thing the city can do, Rosenello said, given the failure to reach an agreement on repairs promised after Superstorm Sandy.
The suit is the latest reminder of how North Wildwood has been left exposed, Rosenello said. Local officials bristle that a promised dune replenishment by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and DEP after Superstorm Sandy in 2012 still hasn’t happened.
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