Jersey Shore’s beaches are getting smaller from erosion. See them from 1,000 feet up.
The $3 billion in taxpayer money and more than 245 million cubic yards of sand used to replenish the Jersey Shore beaches since 1936 have not be enough. All was spent in towns where the sand is only bound to be whisked away again by time and weather — yet, in towns that each feel they need it just as much, if not more, than their neighbors.