Public Access to Beaches and Other Waterways – Pending Legislation
- On September 25, 2017
In 2007 the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) adopted Public Access Rules which sought to expand its authority over public access to beaches and other tidal waterways (bays, streams, lagoons: waterways now or formerly flowed by tide or influenced by tide). The regulation (39 N.J.R. 5222(a)) provided, among other things, that municipalities must […]
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