Public Funds for Dune Replenishment Means Public Access
If the owners of private beachfront property in Ortley Beach want their dunes replaced by the township, they need to grant public beach access, township says.
Toms River has replaced the sand dunes on publicly owned oceanfront property in Ortley Beach that were washed away during Hurricane Sandy. The township is willing to extend the same courtesy to the owners of private beachfronts, too, but on one condition. And it’s not a small one. According to township solicitor Ken Fitzsimmons, the township is legally prohibited from spending taxpayer funds to replenish dunes on private property destroyed by Sandy. That’s no longer a problem should the property owners grant the township an easement. As a condition of the easement, however, Toms River is requiring property owners to grant the township public access to the beach between the dunes and the Atlantic Ocean in perpetuity. Suddenly, the private …
Ana Prodani
5:09 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
No they don't. They're just angry that they can't afford to live there. more ›