The fate of that 11-mile dune project from the Manasquan Inlet down to the Barnegat Inlet rests in the hands of the property owners refusing to sign the easements.
As the debate over saggy pants continues, the Wildwood City Council is set to pass an ordinance later this evening to ban people from wearing extremely droopy pants on the boardwalk.
Rather than slog through summer traffic, the New Jersey Transit system wants beach goers to take advantage of packages that bundle transportation and passes to five of the shore's top shore spots.
If Wildwood officials pass a new law that requires people to keep their baggy pants pulled up, so they don't expose themselves, other shore towns could soon follow suit.
This is the fourth story in a five-day series titled, Revisiting the Jersey Shore After Sandy. In this part we talk with the first wave of visitors to the Shore about what brought them out, about their memories and their expectations.