Tuesday's winter storm caused further erosion to North Wildwood's already battered dune system. A new breach in the dunes formed at the 13th Avenue beach access point, and a gap that formed in mid ...

NORTH WILDWOOD — Two state legislators from Cape May County want New Jersey to redirect money intended for offshore wind projects to widening and maintaining the city's chronically eroded beaches.

For years, North Wildwood rebuilt its own beach, trucking sand in from farther south on the barrier island until erosion reached a point that there was no route to take to deliver the sand.

In North Wildwood, erosion virtually eliminated beaches in places in recent years, and the city spent millions to do its own beach replenishment, only to be fined by the state for breaking the law.