Images of New Jersey’s devastated shoreline captivated the nation in the days after Superstorm Sandy.
Now attention is turning to what can be done to prevent similar river flooding in future storms, and townspeople and officials don’t like what they are hearing.
The Associated Press found little consensus among agencies about who is responsible for the barriers and whether they were even meant to provide flood protection. No comprehensive record exists of who put them up and for what purpose.
What’s more, the state Department of Environmental Protection says it isn’t responsible for regulating them.
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