North Wildwood has “been having to fend off Mother Nature pretty much on their own for the better part of the last decade,” said Steven Hafner, the project manager for Stockton University’s Coastal Research Center’s North Wildwood shoreline studies.

NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. -- A long-running sandstorm at the Jersey Shore could soon come to an end as New Jersey will carry out an emergency beach replenishment project at one of the state's most badly eroded beaches.

North Wildwood and the state have been fighting in court for years over measures the town has taken on its own to try to hold off the encroaching seas.

The mayor of North Wildwood, where the beach has been reduced by severe erosion, called it “a welcome work in progress.”

North Wildwood and the state have been fighting in court for years over measures the town has taken on its own to try to hold off the encroaching seas while waiting for the same sort of replenishment projects that virtually the entire rest of the Jersey Shore has received.

County beach desperate for more sand will get some emergency help for this summer, officials said. The state has authorized a short-term beach renourishment project along the coast of North Wildwood.

North Wildwood is set to become the latest Jersey Shore town with a summer curfew for those under the age of 18, and it includes potential fines for parents of at least $250. There are exceptions for kids who are with their parents, traveling to or from work, or participating in a school, religious or recreational activity.