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Replenishment Project That Caused Ponds Along Margate Beaches Won't Be Halted

Dune-building project along Margate beaches has caused controversy this summer

A federal appeals court has refused to halt a beach replenishment project in New Jersey that led to ponds of bacteria-laden water after a storm.

Judge Thomas Vanaskie, writing for the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, denied Margate's request to stay a lower court ruling that allowed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to continue. The lower court also had ordered the Army Corps to fence off any areas with ponding of 2 or more inches of water, along with other conditions.

The ponds are exactly what Margate residents had warned of in previous, unsuccessful litigation against the government's plan to build the protective sand dunes at the coastal town south of Atlantic City.

The work aims to protect New Jersey's coastline following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy.

Copyright AP - Associated Press
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