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Dune Restoration

Monday, January 14, 2013

Hurricane Sandy

Christie: Strong Dunes Save Lives, Rebuilding Them Will Employ New Jerseyans

Christie Visit to Bradley Beach focuses on importance of dunes, employment grants

With the whir of front loaders and bulldozers pushing sand on the beachfront behind him, Gov. Chris Christie today pointed to rebuilding an aggressive dune system as perhaps the most important step in restoring and safeguarding tourism, property and residents' lives along the Jersey Shore. After surveying the rebuilding of dunes flattened by Hurricane Sandy, Christie outlined how state grants for post-disaster employment needs were directly rebuilding the beachfront of Bradley Beach. Here, 12 workers were the beneficiaries of the National Emergency Grant, secured in the days following Hurricane Sandy. Christie said the grants had put 428 to work in 11 hurricane-ravaged towns statewide, with 658 more to be employed through state Department …

educatedsmallbizowner

1:49 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Great Christie, So now you can have more illegals taking the blue collar jobs away.. Unions will never forget you having the DCA (Department of corrupt consumer affairs) not fine any (even though they recieved summonses) of those non union construction companies that hired illegal aliens that did not pay payroll tax (to include health care tax) that were used to mop out the Fat Rich Boys cronies …   more ›

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Dune Restoration A Crucial Part of Brick's Recovery from Sandy

Dunes were pulverized by powerful storm

"I used to have a 24 foot dune out there," said Frank Gallagher, a resident of Brick's barrier island portion. "Now, you look out right onto the ocean, and it's a very scary situation." Gallagher told township council members this week he is afraid another storm could cause damage to his home that is still standing after Hurricane Sandy. The issue of dune restoration is a crucial one for homeowners in essentially every community that fronts the ocean. Without protective dunes, homes even blocks away could be at risk. And if the ocean breaches the barrier island, as it did near the Mantoloking Bridge during Sandy, rushing water could cause flooding even on the western shore of Barnegat Bay. State officials were as concerned as anyone, and …

Jeff

11:47 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012

Someone start a program to collect all the unsold Christmas trees in the tri-state area and dump them in the dunes. It not a cure all but for the price of transporting them they would act similar to snow fencing. Sand would probably gather around them faster than snow fence and as a bonus wouldn’t have all that nasty wire laying around when they breakdown. Some of the critters and birds probably …   more ›

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