Freeholders Oppose Bill that Would Permit County Controlled Beaches

Senate bill 2601 would also allow the county to exercise the power of eminent domain in order to erect dunes to protect lands, property and facilities near the beaches

The Ocean County Freeholders oppose a Senate bill that, if approved, would permit counties to take over the operation of beaches within its jurisdiction. A resolution stating that Ocean County would be “actively impacted” by this legislation was unanimously passed at a Freeholders meeting May 1. “If Ocean County were to take over and maintain the 44 miles of just oceanfront beaches in Ocean County, it would not only be cost prohibitive but would also require taxpayers who don’t use the beaches to pay for them,” Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari said. The bill (S2601, A3891), sponsored by Sen. Bob Smith and Assemblywoman L. Grace Spencer, would authorize any county of the fifth or six class — Atlantic, Monmouth, Ocean and Cape May — to assume …

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Ginny

1:42 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013

Agree Carl !   more ›

Deadline Set for Dune Easements to be Signed

Officials hoping project will begin this summer from Manasquan to Barnegat inlets

Oceanfront homeowners between Manasquan and Barnegat inlets are being urged to sign easements necessary for a beach renourishment project to get off the ground by May 1, officials said Thursday. U.S. Rep Jon Runyan (R-3) wrote to the mayors of a number of northern Ocean County municipalities this week urging them to secure all necessary easements for the massive dune and beach project by May 1, the date the Army Corps of Engineers must submit a work plan to Congress. The project's design – which would include the construction of approximately 25-foot high dunes, 75 foot wide berms and 175 acres of dune grass in the project area – was completed in 2007, but has languished after some oceanfront homeowners refused to sign easements that would…

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Hurricane Sandy

Time Running Out for Oceanfront Residents to Sign Easements

Mantoloking: litigation already being drawn up; Brick: confident easements will be signed

Two of the Jersey Shore towns most vulnerable to ocean breaches say the vast majority of oceanfront residents have signaled their intent to sign easements which would allow for a federal beach replenishment project to commence. Holdouts in both municipalities could face legal action for holding up the project, however. "We're down to five or six to go," said Mantoloking Mayor George Nebel. "I didn't expect to be this far along at this point." Nebel said two homeowners in his small barrier island town have indicated they would not be signing easements. In neighboring Brick Township, Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said most of the township's beach associations - which control access to much of the oceanfront - have indicated they, too, would …

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proud

5:39 pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013

I agree with @patch. Publish the names of the selfish holdouts. They did it on LBI. You can find the names on the township of Long Beach web site. It is likely there will be huge demand for tar and feathers, so stock up now folks.   more ›

Brick, Mantoloking Working on Easements, Pushing for Dune Projects

After Sandy, officials say, need for dune renourishment is greater than ever

Officials in Brick Township and Mantoloking Borough are both hoping their residents sign easements allowing for an Army Corps of Engineers dune project that will shore up the oceanfront and, hopefully, prevent breaches like the one that occurred near the Mantoloking Bridge during Superstorm Sandy. That breach, which led to a 20 foot-deep inlet forming between the ocean and the base of the county-owned bridge across Barnegat Bay, is largely blamed for the resulting floods in mainland neighborhoods such as Shore Acres and Baywood in Brick Township. A plan to greatly widen ocean beaches and erect high dunes – similar to those in Long Beach Island, which withstood the wrath of Sandy – between Manasquan Inlet and South Seaside Park has been in …

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Hurricane Sandy

Beach Replenishment Seminar Set for Friday

Stevens Institute of Technology professor will visit Ocean County College on Friday

A Stevens Institute of Technology professor will visit Toms River on Friday to present on beach replenishment, the township has announced.  Jon Miller, Ph.D., a professor and expert in coastal engineering at the Hoboken institution and a Coastal Processes Specialist for the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, will speak in the Ocean County College Theater beginning at 6 p.m. Friday. "Dr. Miller has completed extensive research in the field of coastal engineering including research on rip currents with the NJ Sea Grant Consortium and was featured prominently during Super Storm Sandy on various news media outlets," the township said in a statement.  Miller was awarded his Ph.D. in Coastal Engineering by the University of Florida in 2004 and has…

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