Sand dunes and eminent domain

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Originally Posted by Badfish740

Mantoloking prepares to use eminent domain to turn homeowners' property into dunes | NJ.com


How about the Army Corps takes it's ball and goes home and the properties in question are made ineligible for federal flood insurance and FEMA assistance? To me that seems like the fairest solution all the way around. These folks can keep their homes, their property, and their views, but when the next hurricane strikes they will have to rebuild on their own.

Unfortunately, these people aren't the only ones that will suffer if there is another storm. They may be willing to take the risk but all of the other homes that aren't ocean front but are on the barrier islands suffer greatly because there is a lack of dunes. In fact even homes on the lagoon on the mainland are affected so putting these dunes in place has a much greater impact to more than those that live directly on the beach.