Rainy summer leads to a reduction in beach badge revenue for towns

January 23, 2018

“If you look at the places that have beach badges, most of them don’t have a boardwalk,” said Marc Pfeiffer, professor at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. “In places like Wildwood and Atlantic City, the boardwalk can support the cost of the maintenance and guarding of the beaches. In the other towns that is not possible.”

Press of Atlantic City, January 23, 2018

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