Workers install a wooden walkway across the sand in Allenhurst, N.J. on May 17, 2024. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
A tractor pulls a beach rake to clean and smooth out the sand in Long Branch, N.J. on May 17, 2024. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Workers install a wooden walkway across the sand in Allenhurst, N.J. on May 17, 2024. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Workers install a wooden walkway across the sand in Allenhurst, N.J. on May 17, 2024. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
This Jan. 22, 2024, photo shows a severely eroded section of sand dune in North Wildwood N.J. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Beachgoers walk along the shore in Brigantine, N.J. on June 28, 2022. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the 2024 winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
A bulldozer pushes sand on the beach in Bay Head, N.J. on May 17, 2024. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Bulldozers push sand on the beach in Bay Head, N.J. on May 17, 2024. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Asbury Park's beaches were expanded and ready for visitors on May 17, 2024. New Jersey officials say the state's beaches largely came through the winter in decent shape, but serious erosion remains a problem in a few southern New Jersey shore towns at the start of the summer season. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)