Monday May 27, 2024
NJ Spotlight News May 27, 2024
Welcome to a special edition of NJ Spotlight News…Memorial Day officially kicks off the summer season and tonight we're using the broadcast to examine New Jersey's Shrinking Shoreline. We look at the significance this has on tourism and its impact on the state’s economy. As well as the billions of federal and state dollars being spent to maintain New Jersey’s beaches each year. To put it in context … New Jersey ranks number one in the country for spending on beach replenishment. You can see it best from the air…. How climate change and sea level rise is impacting the coastline. In some sections beaches are now less than a football field wide. And places like North Wildwood and Atlantic City are desperate for emergency repairs before the summer tourism season kicks into high gear…