Wildwood Boardwalk Rehabilitation Project Update
It was on February 28th that The State of New Jersey announced that the new state budget would earmark money to help repair the Wildwood Boardwalk.
This was a promise New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy made to Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron after they both toured the damaged boardwalk back in April 2020. Both had a prior tour of the boardwalk back in 2019 but the 2020 damaged only illustrated how badly the boardwalk needed the money.
A 2019 survey showed that the boardwalk was sound but for it, to last many more decades it would need to be fully replaced.
The estimate of a project this size would cost over $60 Million, though city officials said they could work with a plan that only called for $45 million.
On July 6th Governor Murphy pulled through with his promise and awarded the city of Wildwood $4 million for the Wildwood Boardwalk Rehabilitation Project.
We haven’t heard many details about the project and how that $4 million will be spent until now.
In a public notice posted on August 13th, the city of Wildwood announced that they are applying for an application for a CAFRA Individual Permit.
A CAFRA permit has to be pulled when a project is on a beach or within 0 to 150 feet of the mean on a beach or dune.