CAPE MAY – The state’s Coastal Area Facility Review Act permit for the city’s project extending the sea wall from Madison Avenue to Wilmington Avenue came with conditions.

Part of the Department of Environmental Protection’s mitigation requirement for the project included a conservation restriction along 2.83 acres to be covered with what City Solicitor Christopher Gillin-Schwartz termed landscaping. The care and preservation of the landscaping would then become a perpetual obligation for the city.

Another condition involves mitigating 1.33 acres through a one-time payment of $41,230.

Mayor Zach Mullock thanked all of those who have worked on various aspects of the permitting process for the sea wall project.

“This is another example of something that was close to 10 years in the making,” Mullock said. “It’s a big deal.”

Contact the reporter, Vince Conti, at vconti@cmcherald.com.