Philly Inquirer: “Shore Towns Get No Federal Dollars… For the First Time in Almost 30 Years”...
Ciattarelli on “whether he disagrees with Trump on anything” – “I do not.”
TRENTON, NJ – Jack Ciattarelli agrees with Trump on every issue. Even when Trump and congressional Republicans are screwing over the Jersey Shore.
Congress normally allocates between $100 million and $200 million for beach replenishment projects. This year that number is… zero, “[for] the first time since 1996,” according to a new report in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Inquirer reports that two Shore projects this year – part of preserving and strengthening a massive economic driver for the state of New Jersey – have already been cancelled.
This isn’t the first time Ciattarelli has betrayed the Shore:
Twice, he voted against a bill that would’ve allocated disaster aid based on how badly they were impacted by Sandy – Shore News Network said then that he “decided residents of the Jersey Shore should suffer” and played “partisan politics” on the bill.
Word to the wise: If you won’t even stand up to Trump on funding for the Shore, you shouldn’t be governor.
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Shore towns get no federal dollars for beach replenishments for the first time in almost 30 years
Congress typically allocates between $100 million and $200 million each year for beach replenishment initiatives — projects that dredge sand from the ocean floor or other places and deposit it onto U.S. coastal beaches to combat erosion.
This year, however, [Donald Trump’s] federal budget earmarked zero dollars — marking the first complete funding halt for such projects since 1996.
“This is the first time in 29 years this has happened,” said Scott Wahl, the business administrator for Avalon. “That means that Avalon will not get a hydraulic fill,” said Wahl, referring to the process using large pipes to pump excavated sand from the ocean to nearby beaches. “You’re looking at tens of millions of dollars.”