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Amusement rides in neighboring Wildwood are visible from this recently widened beach in North Wildwood N.J. on Nov. 27, 2024, days before the city was to approve an agreement ending a decade-long battle with the state over the condition of the city's beaches. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Amusement rides in neighboring Wildwood are visible from this recently widened beach in North Wildwood N.J. on Nov. 27, 2024, days before the city was to approve an agreement ending a decade-long battle with the state over the condition of the city's beaches. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Sand cascades down the badly eroded face of a dune in North Wildwood, N.J. on Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

Sand cascades down the badly eroded face of a dune in North Wildwood, N.J. on Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

Sand cascades down the badly eroded face of a dune in North Wildwood, N.J. on Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

Sand cascades down the badly eroded face of a dune in North Wildwood, N.J. on Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

This Feb. 24, 2023 photo shows severe erosion along the beachfront in North Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

This Feb. 24, 2023 photo shows severe erosion along the beachfront in North Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

Mayor Patrick Rosenello stands next to a destroyed section of sand dune in North Wildwood N.J. on Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

Mayor Patrick Rosenello stands next to a destroyed section of sand dune in North Wildwood N.J. on Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

Mayor Patrick Rosenello points to the recently widened beach in North Wildwood, N.J. on Nov. 27, 2024, days before the city was to approve an agreement ending a decade-long battle with the state over the condition of the city's beaches. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Mayor Patrick Rosenello points to the recently widened beach in North Wildwood, N.J. on Nov. 27, 2024, days before the city was to approve an agreement ending a decade-long battle with the state over the condition of the city's beaches. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Tire tracks cover the recently widened beach in North Wildwood, N.J. on Nov. 27, 2024, days before the city was to approve an agreement ending a decade-long battle with the state over the condition of the city's beaches. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Tire tracks cover the recently widened beach in North Wildwood, N.J. on Nov. 27, 2024, days before the city was to approve an agreement ending a decade-long battle with the state over the condition of the city's beaches. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

This Feb. 24, 2023 photo shows severe erosion along the beachfront in North Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

This Feb. 24, 2023 photo shows severe erosion along the beachfront in North Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)

Mayor Patrick Rosenello listens to a City Council meeting in North Wildwood N.J. on Dec. 3, 2024 at which the city voted to end its decade-long battle with the state of New Jersey over the condition of the city's beaches that generated $42 million in fines and litigation. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Mayor Patrick Rosenello listens to a City Council meeting in North Wildwood N.J. on Dec. 3, 2024 at which the city voted to end its decade-long battle with the state of New Jersey over the condition of the city's beaches that generated $42 million in fines and litigation. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Mayor Patrick Rosenello listens to a City Council meeting in North Wildwood N.J. on Dec. 3, 2024 at which the city voted to end its decade-long battle with the state of New Jersey over the condition of the city's beaches that generated $42 million in fines and litigation. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Mayor Patrick Rosenello listens to a City Council meeting in North Wildwood N.J. on Dec. 3, 2024 at which the city voted to end its decade-long battle with the state of New Jersey over the condition of the city's beaches that generated $42 million in fines and litigation. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)