beach access

Providing free or affordable parking within walking distance of the shoreline is a key goal of a group studying ways to improve access to New Jersey's beaches and waterways.

A proposed dune project at the New Jersey shore could cut off access to the beach for 22 property owners -- including the brother of Gov. Chris Christie -- a lawyer for homeowners fighting the project said.

Environmentalists and business leaders will try to agree on what New Jersey's beach access regulations should look like.

The general public must be given access to shorelines in New Jersey after Gov. Chris Christie signed a law on Tuesday restoring the state's public access rules that were struck down by a court decision last month.

New Jersey's environmental protection department says a bill being fast-tracked through the state Legislature would restore the public beach access rules that were struck down by an appeals court in December.

Two New Jersey lawmakers say they plan to introduce a bill Thursday that would restore the state's right to require public access to its beaches and waterways.

A legislative committee has advanced a bill that does not require better public access to New Jersey's beaches that are replenished by federal funding after Superstorm Sandy.

Toms River's dune replenishment project is nearing completion for public beaches; however the Township is having trouble getting easements from private beachfront property owners to do restoration.

Superstorm Sandy annihilated the Belmar Boardwalk. Now there are plans to rebuild it. The money has to come somewhere. Rather than raising taxes for residents in the Borough, it may soon cost you more to access the beach, especially next next season.

New Jersey environmental officials have approved a revision of the state's public access rules for beaches, bays and tidal waterways.