Beach replenishment. Back bay silting. Dredging. https://Downbeachbuzz.com
VIDEO: DownbeachBUZZ podcast featuring Margate City Solicitor Scott Abbott. Critical update on long-stalled city-wide dredging project.
DREDGING PERMITS RECEIVED.
Abbott details legal and logistical hurdles involved in maintaining the navigability of Margate's back-bay lagoons and canals.
Without recently received Army Corp and NJ DEP permits, the back bays are becoming increasingly impassable, posing safety threats, potentially harming property values and local marina businesses.
City-Wide Permit Benefits: Homeowners can dredge their own boat slips under city's umbrella permit, saving individual owners thousands of dollars in separate permitting fees and months of administrative delays.
The Shelter Island Struggle. Trucking dredge materials off-site—the current state-suggested alternative—is expensive.
Would prefer SHELTER ISLAND behind Ventnor.
Dunes too high. 95% of Hurricane Sandy insurance claims came from back-bay homes.
Dunes blocking view of beach and ocean is a BIG mistake.
Front-beach replenishment sand eventually finds heads to back channels. Causing clogs. Poor navigation at low tide. Dangerous.
History of using dredge materials to raise portions of Absecon Island. Creation of Amherst Ave.
See: Scarborough Marine on Jerome Ave.
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