The Jersey Shore Partnership co-chaired the National Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) recent conference in Long Branch with Stevens Institute of Technology and Mott MacDonald. Congressman Frank Pallone was keynote speaker. More than 350 participants focused on innovative ideas and solutions to building more sustainable coastlines.
The Co-Chairs presented an award to Lynn Bocamazo, NY District Army Corps of Engineers, and Dave Rosenblatt, NJ DEP for the Monmouth County Coastal Storm Risk Management and Erosion Control Project, initiated in 1994 to the present. The Project is the largest beach erosion control project ever undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.