DEP Monitoring Snow Storm Forecast, Emergency Sand Possible for Beaches

Commissioner Martin says agencies could dispatch sand to at-risk areas

A coming storm could impact the already battered Jersey Shore, but the state Department of Environmental Protection is coordinating dumping emergency sand to help protect the shorefront. DEP Commissioner Bob Martin said his office is in contact with shore towns establishing who has protecting berms in place and who may need emergency sand on their beaches. Another anticipated storm surge in places without established dunes, wiped out by Hurricane Sandy, could become an issue in the forecast. Martin said his office is closely monitoring the storm. If needed, emergency sand could be dispatched to at-risk beaches from the DEP and other agencies, Martin said. “Whether through us, through FEMA, through the army corps of engineers, we’re looking…

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foggyworld

12:12 pm on Friday, February 8, 2013

Now hold on. No one in NJ is allowed to build dunes on beaches without out going through all sorts of red tape with the State. It probably should be the homeowner's responsibility at least to the high water mark but the rich and famous on LBI refuse to even entertain that thought. They want the expensive Army Corps of Engineers to maintain their tax subsidized glorious second homeowner's life.   more ›

Hurricane Sandy

Destroyed Third Avenue Beach Now Staging Area for Sand Pile

Sifter at work as bulldozers push sand that spread throughout Ortley Beach

The dunes washed away, and the boardwalk planks beyond them disappeared, spreading a thick layer of ocean water and beach sand throughout the barrier island due to Hurricane Sandy. Recreating the dunes, and clearing Toms River streets of more than a foot of displaced sand, became related problems that has turned the destroyed Third Avenue beach in Ortley Beach into a sand dumping ground. There, where a giant parking lot, gazebo, lifeguard station and boardwalk once stood, Third and Ocean is now flattened by the storm or part of a giant mountain of sand. The sand was pushed there by heavy construction equipment, said Toms River Office of Emergency Management Director Paul Daley. The sand had traveled throughout the island, and was pushed …

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shorefriend

2:26 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

good idea!!   more ›