Of course, the news release makes no mention of the South End. The city has absolutely no expectation that it will get done. Stalls and evasive hypotheticals is all we've heard.

I saw the southend for the first time last weekend, and it is aweful. Surfers will like it as you can surf right up to your car when your done for the day. for boaters using the inlet, I hope they make a nice deep and wide channel during this off season as the inlet became very dangerous to navigate the last two years with several sinkings and groundings to prove the point..

I wonder if it sheer coincidence that the Mayor lives on the North end of the island. I think that we should draft Monahan for our next Mayor. He seems to be the only that speaks for the South end residents.

We should be more concerned about replenishing the south end beaches than distributing certificates?

it will be a long time before any action takes place in the south end. while the city has a large sand pile in what use to be the corsons/59th street parking area that pile is getting smaller by the day it appears to be used, filtered, (a good thing) and trucked to areas that need additional height to the missing dune line. daily there are dozers pushing sand from the low tide area to "make very small dunes" in the area that was washed thru from 50th south....the 59th street groin is completely visable right to central ave and the state park appears very damaged with alot of dunes gone. with the storm forecast of last weekend we were saved with the winds shifting to the west sooner, although many streets remained flooded on Saturday in the usual areas from bay flooding the beachfront did not sustain further ocean breaching the fragile "dune line" something need to be done for the deep south end 50th to 59th yes the tourists will be here this season & possibly in greater numbers because of the damage to northern shore towns. the tourists will be expecting a beach(after paying for a beach tag) to have to stake out thier claim to the very narrow or non existant at the time of high tide and this may be the last time that the "new" vacationer will come to OC....we need action & we need it now....there is only one first impression!

it will be a long time before any action takes place in the south end. while the city has a large sand pile in what use to be the corsons/59th street parking area that pile is getting smaller by the day it appears to be used, filtered, (a good thing) and trucked to areas that need additional height to the missing dune line. daily there are dozers pushing sand from the low tide area to "make very small dunes" in the area that was washed thru from 50th south....the 59th street groin is completely visable right to central ave and the state park appears very damaged with alot of dunes gone. with the storm forecast of last weekend we were saved with the winds shifting to the west sooner, although many streets remained flooded on Saturday in the usual areas from bay flooding the beachfront did not sustain further ocean breaching the fragile "dune line" something need to be done for the deep south end 50th to 59th yes the tourists will be here this season & possibly in greater numbers because of the damage to northern shore towns. the tourists will be expecting a beach(after paying for a beach tag) to have to stake out thier claim to the very narrow or non existant at the time of high tide and this may be the last time that the "new" vacationer will come to OC....we need action & we need it now....there is only one first impression!

this sand should be from 34th south move the project its criminal neglect of property owners in the south end

The only major capital project in the south end of the island in the last 40 years was to turn the dump into a sewer plant. The sewer plant was moved from the north end to the south. They pumped sand once. I think a class action suit by all of the beachfront property owners in the southend is needed. There has to be a few Lawyers in that group.

Ocean city caste system in full effect, south end residents are third class citizens yet again

Good Morning neighbors from G. Sieri Builders we are going to spend time at the FEMA center today at the public library and catch up on recent activity. We encourage homeowners to petition for Grants on raising there homes and for demolition to rebuild. The more people that petition better the chances for Grant money to be spread around to those of us that needed. Stay strong lets get our community back up and running on all cylinders.

Ok who do we petition

City Hall in OC they will direct you

Glad to see the Beach is on its way!!

glwood 57: I agree about first impressions. I can also tell you first hand that long time renters in the South End are already backing away because they know there was nearly no beach last year and it will be worse this year. This is bad for the whole island's cash registers. Last year an OCBP ATV had trouble gettting to a seizure victim and it'll be even worse this year. I manage 3 Noth End properties and after an initial burst from people who normally go to LBI it's definitely slowed. The S.E. renters are taking a wait and see approach, but we'll lose them fast. Everyone can read Patch and Shorenews Today. It hurts the whole city!

Pumping sand is only a short term fix, not a solution. The real problem is that the jetties need to be removed and relaid parallel to the coast creating a more substantial reef. The current placement of the jetties increases beach erosion. Until we have a reef that can protect the beach, we will need to pump send, north and south, every few years.

I can't wait until I can proudly display my Sea Shore Sand Supervisors Certificate, as I sit on my beach chair in the middle of the street. Yes, I live in the Southend, and yes, sarcasm has crept in. I guess the only way a Southender can get near a dredge is to go to the Northend and have your picture taken with it. I have learned a great deal about politics and government the past few months- what I most learned is that it is not always what we, the tax payer want or need that matters, but more so, the need to continue bureaucracy . I could bring a group of elementary school children to tour our beaches and they would be able to tell us which ones are in jeopardy.

The southend has been neglected because there are many 2nd homeowners (who are held in disdain in this town - not to mention - no vote.) There are no locals with any clout and this has gone on for years now. They wanted to take the protective wetlands for a bike path - where? The south end, of course. The only time the south end has gotten any attention is when people from the north end wanted the wetlands in the south end. There have been no applications for permits for south end sand. Take our taxes and give us nothing - don't fix the streets, or the drainage problems. Just use our taxes to replenish the north end beaches and gussy it up for the tourist dollar.

The south end will get sand, just not in this project. Relax. This is an deal with the state for every 4 years in the same places.

JM, with all due respect, the deep southend does not have beaches or dunes. beaches were significantly eroded prior to the storm. i suggest you stop telling those who live beachfront from 50-57th street to relax. during sandy, the ocean went through, around and under the homes there. read the stockton college post sandy report. by the way, 56th street in ocean city lost more sand from sandy than any other beach that is studied by stockton in cape may county. i especially like the term you used, "deal". quite a deal. we all live in OC. we need to all be united and take care of this entire island. one portion of it should not be left out to fend for itself.

I get a laugh when I read people using the term the beaches got damaged. Ocean City has the most replenished ( artificial beach) in America. The sad truth is Ocean City isn't even a true barrier Island, it's a barrier beach ( Peck's beach) and is mostly at sea level. Good luck staying a float in the warming rising sea levels of the 21st. century. Ocean City and LBI are going under the waves up ahead, no matter how much sand you pump on your rapidly eroding artificial beaches.

How is the sand on the 30-35th st beach's? just booked Aug 6th week