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Tens of tens of tons of of 1000’s of {{{{dollars}}}} pour into the state yearly to fund seaside replenishment efforts ..
“This enterprise is unbelievably vital to the town of Monmouth Seaside. It helps with our resiliency…”
– David Stickle, Mayor | Monmouth Seaside
“…we’re doing it with the intent of preserving the monetary usefulness of oceanfront properties which can very nicely be being threatened by erosion and shoreline migration, sea-level rise and storm waves and so forth…That methodology (utilized by the U.S. Navy Corps of Engineers) is flawed because of it makes use of property value to go looking out some good benefits of nourishment and our notion is that our property values aren’t the appropriate strategy to guage the utilization or return on public funds. A better strategy of doing that is what are most people benefits.”
– Andy Coburn, Affiliate Director for the Analysis of Developed Shorelines | Western Carolina State School
