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DEP Allows North Wildwood to Regrade Dunes and Rebuild Beach Paths

An emergency authorization request sent from North Wildwood to the DEP.

In a photo submitted to the DEP as part of North Wildwood’s request for emergency authorization, Mayor Patrick Rosenello stands on top of a cliff carved into the dune, while Council President Salvatore Zampirri Sr. stands below at beach level. The DEP approved the requested work in a letter dated May 17. 

By Shay Roddy

NORTH WILDWOOD – The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved a last-minute request by the city, allowing North Wildwood to regrade some of its beaches, eliminating cliffs created by erosion, and rebuild three beach access points that had to be closed as a result of the steep drop-offs.
The DEP has granted the city permission to: 

  • reshape the existing face of remnant dunes from the mid-point between 12th and 13th Avenues extending to 16th Avenue
  • restore/reconstruct public beach access points located at 13th and 14th Avenues 
  • remove the existing 15th Avenue beach access ramp and install a new public access point immediately to the north of the existing access point
  • reinstall split rail fencing to designate public access/direct passage

In an interview with the Herald March 18, North Wildwood City Administrator Nicholas Long said a contractor for the city will begin work May 22. He said, weather permitting, the contractor will complete the vast majority of the work prior to the first big beach day of the year, May 27
The city will also have to tell the DEP within 30 days how it plans to restore or replace the sand removed from the dune area to flatten the cliffs, in order to mitigate the damages to its storm protection. 

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