With no funding in place for the next periodic re-nourishment of Long Beach Island beaches, Surf City officials adopted a resolution at its monthly meeting last week requesting that the U.S. House of Representatives approve $32 million in special funding for the project.
“To deviate from the designed 7-year renourishment only serves to undermine the long-term effectiveness of the project’s design,” reads the resolution, which was adopted April 13.
Councilman Peter Hartney, who chairs the committee on beaches and the environment, said Congressman Jeff Van Drew…
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