the Shore's summer tourism season is underway and the city of North Wildwood is finally getting emergency repairs for severe beach erosion contractors hired by the state began pumping new sand onto North Wildwoods beaches this week work on the $10 million project is expected to last until July 4th 1,000 foot long sections of the city's beaches will be closed at a time for the operation North Wildwood is one of the Jersey Shore's erosion hot spots those are places where naturally washes away from beaches faster than it can be replenished the city has spent nearly $40 million on beach replenishment effort since 2011 city and state leaders have been locked in a legal fight over how to best address the problem this Summer's emergency work is meant to tie the city over until a larger project led by the US Army Corps of Engineers is expected to begin next spring [Music]