From 1979 to 2019, sea level on the Jersey Shore rose an average of 0.2 inches per year, according to the DEP. A 2017 study by the University of New Haven also found the economic cost of 1 meter of sea level rise in the city would be $1.3 billion, and $2.2 billion if it increased by 2 meters. Fifty-four of those were found to have minor beach or dune erosion; 18 had moderate erosion, and nine including Bay Head, Ortley Beach, Beach Haven, Harvey Cedars, and Loveladies and Holgate in Long Beach Township had major erosion. to push back against living shoreline projects. Massachusetts is home to one of the best small beach towns in America Reasons behind Amtrak's nationwide breaking system outage due to investigators next week, About $30 million in funding from the bipartisan infrastructure bill. In many of these cases, individual beaches may be losing only a few inches per year, but in some cases the problem is much worse. Threats of harming another A coastal storm that lingered off the Jersey Shore from Sept. 29 to Oct. 5 caused severe beach erosion in Bay Head, Ortley Beach and several sections of Long Beach Island, according to a survey of the damage released Thursday by the state Department of Environmental Protection. So the more that we can be thinking about how to be proactive about that and responsibly manage it and adjust to it, the better off were going to be. She's also passionate about the Shore's storied music scene. Avalon Borough officials say beach replenishment had just started, so while some sand was lost the project is still in decent shape and moving forward. Major damage was also reported in Beach Haven and Holgate. Explore our digital archive back to 1845, including articles by more than 150 Nobel Prize winners. Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal. In some places along the borough's oceanfront, there is a drop of more than 20 feet from the top of the dunesto the sand. The remnants of Hurricane Ian continue to hammer New Jersey with rain and fierce gusts of wind this week, as parts of the states coastline see dramatic cliffs from beach erosion.