Even for those not seeking a special event but, rather, a run-of-the-mill beach day, the extra space can be a bonus. More beach means more to maintain for the city, and more to trek across for beachgoers, which can be offputting for the elderly and large families.
Ingesting this water is probably not fatal, but it will definitely make you feel crappy for a while. The solution City officials have been battling with the storm drain-blocking sand for years, digging it out with industrial equipment on a daily basis, and coming up with creative solutions.
The method, called backpassing, was not a permanent solution — wave action has already reblocked the drains. This will lead to a pump station in on Leaming Avenue near the boardwalk that will suck the water out of the pipe and into the ocean, eliminating the flooding issue.
I was going to Washington and Trenton, and I was told there was nothing they could do for me — all the money was designated for towns with not enough sand, not too much. He told me we were going to get a solution, and I told him I hope so, because talk is cheap. And the Army Corp of Engineers is expected to visit Wildwood officials within the coming weeks to discuss a longterm plan for shortening the beaches — maybe. Steve Sweeney has conceded. Yesterday, the BeachGlow Music Festival announced it was moving the show to Atlantic City as a result of the controversy, and its founder didn't hide his frustration.
Mayor Troiano is also known for having a modest amount of edge. He likes to remind critics that Wildwood's beaches are free, unlike most other shore towns, and that it's the city's responsibility to clean them. Troiano said he wouldn't be doing his job if he didn't try to find revenue from the beach. In recent years, Wildwood has experienced other storms involving city officials and business owners.
In , Troiano said that beach tags were inevitable, even though Morey's Piers and tourism officials were against them. Wildwood's efforts to host more events, including surfing competitions, and to build beach bars like those in Atlantic City resulted in a federal lawsuit filed last month, with officials from the company awarded the contract to implement them claiming that the city had undermined their efforts.
Evidence of this appears in the changing of the spit northeast of Hereford Inlet; in the retreating shore of North Wildwood; and widening beach in Wildwood and near the jetty.
Then engineers built a jetty to protect the inlet; it reaches 4, feet 1, meters into the Atlantic Ocean. About a decade later, developers working in Wildwood built a causeway across Turtle Gut Inlet , restricting natural tidal flow to a point where the inlet filled in and eventually became another source of sand for the beach.
With both projects, humans changed the natural movement of sand along the shore, building up Wildwood and starving Cape May of replenishing sand. Humans have had to take over the job that nature once did. Back in Wildwood, the beaches keep growing and the town keeps making the most of it. The area hosts some of the largest kite and frisbee festivals in the country, and more than 20, to 30, people have attended country music concerts on the sand in the past decade.
The vast stretch of sand is less appealing to the elderly and people with wheelchairs and other mobility challenges. Another concern is occasional flooding. Because the sand stands several feet higher than the storm drains in some parts of town, temporary ponds can form in the midst of the beach.
Though an idea to shuttle people to the water line via camel was nixed by the town years ago, some people ease the trip by summoning an all-terrain beach taxi or by using a sled to drag their beach gear. Most just enjoy the extremely walkable sand and the fantastic body surfing in the water. Geological Survey.
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