Beach town in sand dunes battle sues New Jersey for $21M
By WAYNE PARRY
Associated Press
NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A beach town that is defying New Jersey’s order not to shore up its eroding sand dunes is suing the state for $21 million. That’s how much North Wildwood says it spent over the past decade on trucking sand in as part of an ultimately futile effort to hold back the waves. The city is being sued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for defying a state order not to make emergency repairs to the dunes following several storms last fall. It wants a judge to allow it to immediately build a bulkhead. A city engineer says the weakened dune will not last through the winter.
