By Benjamin J. Hulac, NJ Spotlight
Federal experts may soon be required to examine the effects of rapid coastal erosion in New Jersey and then provide recommendations about how to limit it.
Lawmakers included language that directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study “hot spot” erosion — the loss of sediment from a concentrated location more swiftly than the surrounding area — in legislation the House passed in July.
That bill is one of the few remaining pieces of legislation likely to become law before the new Congress begins in January.
The Corps, under the legislation, is required to identify specific areas in New Jersey where “hot spot” erosion is present and how that erosion could relate to coastal storms.
Coastal erosion is a perpetual issue in New Jersey, where erosion is eating away at beaches and coastlines faster than the Corps can replenish them with new batches of sand.
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