{"id":11280,"date":"2022-05-10T05:55:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T09:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=11280"},"modified":"2022-05-10T06:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:11:09","slug":"storm-carves-10-foot-cliffs-in-ortley-beach-township-to-repair-entrances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2022\/05\/storm-carves-10-foot-cliffs-in-ortley-beach-township-to-repair-entrances\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Carves 10-Foot Cliffs in Ortley Beach, Township to Repair Entrances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-GgrJY6Kp-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/GgrJY6Kp?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Mothers&#8217; Day nor&#8217;easter that whipped up waves and led to clouds, rain and high winds all weekend carved a significant chunk out of Ortley Beach&#8217;s oceanfront, creating sand &#8220;cliffs&#8221; and damaging some beach entrances. <strong>(A video of the &#8220;cliffs&#8221; appears above. A video of dune erosion appears below.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The damage was most pronounced between 4th Avenue and 9th Avenue, the area in front of the former Joey Harrison&#8217;s Surf Club property, where the cliffs peaked at about 10-feet in height. Beach entrances in this area were all either closed or largely inaccessible. Toms River Mayor Maurice &#8220;Mo&#8221; Hill said he was planning to survey the area along with the township engineer on Tuesday. The municipal government, he said, is waiting on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to return to scheduled beach maintenance later this year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-uPBXbAIi-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/uPBXbAIi?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11286\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_420-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#039; Day nor&#039;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11286\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11286\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_420-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers' Day nor'easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_420-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_420-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_420-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_420-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_420-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#8217; Day nor&#8217;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11282\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_416-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#039; Day nor&#039;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11282\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11282\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_416-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers' Day nor'easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_416-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_416-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_416-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_416-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_416-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#8217; Day nor&#8217;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11284\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_418-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#039; Day nor&#039;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11284\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11284\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_418-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers' Day nor'easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_418-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_418-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_418-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_418-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_418-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#8217; Day nor&#8217;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ll redo the dunes to shore them up,&#8221; said Hill. &#8220;As far as lengthening the beach, we have to wait for the Army Corps. That requires a heavy amount of sand, which we won\u2019t be able to scarp off the beach. We\u2019ll get everything set for Memorial Day as much as we can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Under a 50-year agreement with the state and local communities, the federal government has agreed to renourish engineered beaches with new sand every seven years or after major storms. For most areas of Ocean County&#8217;s northern barrier island, only light replenishment is required, but Ortley Beach will be one of at least two focus areas (the other being Bay Head) where the Army Corps will re-engineer the beaches after analyzing several years of data in order to prevent the beaches from deteriorating again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re being told that it will be the fall,&#8221; said Hill. &#8220;I\u2019d have liked to have had it done now, but then again we might have lost the sand over the past weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11285\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_419-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#039; Day nor&#039;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11285\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11285\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_419-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers' Day nor'easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_419-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_419-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_419-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_419-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_419-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#8217; Day nor&#8217;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11283\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_417-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#039; Day nor&#039;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11283\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11283\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_417-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers' Day nor'easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_417-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_417-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_417-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_417-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_417-2048x1160.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach erosion and damage in Ortley Beach following the Mothers&#8217; Day nor&#8217;easter, May 2022. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While the beaches won&#8217;t be expanded in a significant way, it is expected that the natural seasonal shift of sand will add some width to the berm, and officials will have the area looking presentable by Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ll have the entrances open, and if railings are off we\u2019ll replace the railings,&#8221; said Hill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2022\/05\/storm-carves-10-foot-cliffs-in-ortley-beach-township-to-repair-entrances\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mothers&#8217; Day nor&#8217;easter that whipped up waves and led to clouds, rain and high winds all weekend carved a significant chunk out of Ortley Beach&#8217;s oceanfront, creating sand &#8220;cliffs&#8221; and damaging some beach entrances. (A video of the &#8220;cliffs&#8221; appears above. A video of dune erosion appears below.) The damage was most pronounced between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92,17],"tags":[117,37,169,1959,2134,149,19,2097],"class_list":["post-11280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ortley-beach","category-shore-environment","tag-beach-erosion","tag-beach-replenishment","tag-dunes","tag-featured","tag-mothers-day-2022","tag-noreaster","tag-ortley-beach-nj-news","tag-spring-2022"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ortley_beach_damage_mothers_day_may_noreaster_2022_420-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-2VW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}