Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

Judge: Defiant NJ beach town can sue for $21M in dune costs

This Jan. 5, 2023 photo shows an eroded beach in North Wildwood, N.J. On Feb. 1, 2023, a judge denied the city permission to build a bulkhead to protect against erosion, but allowed it to move forward with a $21 million lawsuit seeking damages from the state to recoup the cost of sand the city trucked in at its own expense in the absence of a state and federal beach replenishment project. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) A construction crane rises above an eroded beach in North Wildwood, N.J., Jan. 5, 2023. A judge on Feb. 1, 2023, denied the city permission to build a bulkhead to protect against erosion, but allowed it to move forward with a $21 million lawsuit seeking damages from the state to recoup the cost of sand the city trucked in at its own expense in the absence of a state and federal beach replenishment project. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) People walk along an eroded beach in North Wildwood, N.J., on Jan. 5, 2023. A judge on Feb. 1, 2023, denied the city permission to build a bulkhead to protect against erosion, but allowed it to move forward with a $21 million lawsuit seeking damages from the state to recoup the cost of sand the city trucked in at its own expense in the absence of a state and federal beach replenishment project. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) This Jan. 5, 2023 photo shows an eroded beach in North Wildwood, N.J. On Feb. 1, 2023, a judge denied the city permission to build a bulkhead to protect against erosion, but allowed it to move forward with a $21 million lawsuit seeking damages from the state to recoup the cost of sand the city trucked in at its own expense in the absence of a state and federal beach replenishment project. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Construction equipment and material sits on the beach in North Wildwood, N.J. on Jan. 5, 2023. On Feb. 1, 2023, a judge denied the city permission to build a bulkhead to protect against erosion, but allowed it to move forward with a $21 million lawsuit seeking damages from the state to recoup the cost of sand the city trucked in at its own expense in the absence of a state and federal beach replenishment project. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Judge: Defiant NJ beach town can sue for $21M in dune costs