What kind of Sandy Relief is Mantoloking, the wealthiest community in NJ, receiving? *UPDATED*
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UPDATE:
Sierra Club Leader Denounces Steel Sea Wall Project in Mantoloking, Brick
Posted by Catherine Galioto (Editor) , January 15, 2014 at 05:15 AM
Calling the project "folly" and a "waste of money," Jeff Tittel director NJ Sierra Club denounced the federal government's announcement it would move forward with a steel sea wall on the beachfront of Mantoloking and Brick Township.
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"This project is a folly and a waste of money. We are repeating the failed policies of the past instead of making our coast more resilient. Sea walls not only do not work but they actually cause more damage. The walls raise water levels and the water moves around the wall making it worse in adjoining areas. Steel walls actually increase beach erosion as the waves first remove the sand then hit the walls scouring the sand back out to sea. Then with sand gone the storm surge will over top the wall. We need a holistic approach that includes restoring dunes and natural systems other wise all this work will get destroyed in the next storm." Jeff Tittel director NJ Sierra Club.
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http://pointpleasant.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/sierra-club-leader-denounces-steel-sea-wall-project-in-mantoloking-brick
So, the "peasants" may have to pay more than once for this seawall!
Mantoloking is an ocean-side community hit hard by Sandy. While some communities in NJ are getting far less than they need for Sandy Relief, Mantoloking will have NJ State Police patrolling Route 35. which leads into the community, starting on Feb 1.
"Route 35 will reopen February 1. State Police will be on patrol in essence creating a Gated Community for Mantoloking. Side streets will remain barricaded."
From the Mantoloking Reporter:
http://www.mantoloking.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tr0113.pdf
Mantoloking and nearby Brick will also get a $40 million seawall:
MANTOLOKING — Construction of a steel sea wall could start early next year in Mantoloking, one of the Jersey Shore towns hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy.
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The steel sea wall is meant as a short-term protective measure, to be complemented by an extensive beach widening and dune construction project being planned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The federal government will pay 80 percent of the wall's cost, with the state paying the remainder. The towns' only expense will be to keep it covered with sand.
The work is desperately needed in Mantoloking, a wealthy seaside enclave which saw every one of its 521 homes damaged or destroyed in the storm that hit on Oct. 29, 2012.
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http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2013/12/construction_on_40m_steel_sea_wall_in_mantoloking_could_begin_early_2014.html
It seems that this wealthy community is not having any trouble getting Sandy Relief assistance, while less well-to-do communities are having a difficult time. I wonder who will win the contract for the sea wall.
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Here's to Hoboken getting what they need in the very near future! 
