NORTH WILDWOOD, NJ-While television ads proclaim the Jersey shore is “stronger than the storm,” Gov. Chris Christie at new conferences here and in Long Branch on Tuesday said that the shore communities remain vulnerable almost a year after Superstorm Sandy made landfall.
The governor called out property owners and a New Jersey Assemblyman for refusing to allow protective sand dunes to be built on their land, according to the Associated Press. The governor said the dunes initiative is the largest remediation project the state of New Jersey is working on with the federal governor.
The governor stated that 1,100 shorefront property owners have yet to sign easements, adding that the state is trying to work cooperatively with affected property owners instead of using eminent domain.
“The Army Corps of Engineers is ready to work on all 127 miles of our shoreline to build a dune system that the federal government is willing to pay for and maintain from Cape May to Sandy Hook,” Christie said in Long Branch. “There is no reason that should not be done.” See story in The Record.
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