In a letter dated June 4, the American Coastal Coalition warned mayors and administrators in coastal areas of significant cuts to federal beach nourishment funding.
According to the letter, “the Administration zeroed out all beach nourishment funding in the FY25 federal budget, meaning no New Jersey beach nourishment projects will be completed this upcoming winter despite scheduled nourishments for both Ocean City and Stone Harbor/Avalon.”
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Dan Ginolfi, senior vice president at Warwick Group Consultants, a group that works with the county communities to get the ban on sand from Hereford Inlet reversed, said this is a very rare event. He said the Warwick Group has tracked coastal funding from the Army Corps for 29 years and this is “the first time there has been zero funding to put sand on beaches.” Ginolfi said the Warwick Group has a contract with the borough of Avalon and will be submitting requests for federal earmark funding through Representative Jeff Van Drew if there is a shortfall.
Ginolfi said that this period, as the annual storm season begins, is a time to emphasize how important America’s beaches are to “local and state economies” and “in protecting life and property from coastal storms and flooding.”