You cannot protect this area from floods. We need to condemn this area and move the people elsewhere. It is going to be gone in the next 25 - 50 years. How many times will the government pay to rebuild to rebuild this!

I would like to see what you would have to say if someone said "let's do away with your home!" You have no idea what this area deals with. Problems like building up the wetlands right on the beach for condos like Park Ferry and The Dunes in Port Monmouth is what didn't help us, an already built community. The developers came in with caravans of dump trucks full of dirt to fill in those areas. They built it, sold it to make ridiculous amounts of money and left our community with tidal flooding issues we didn't have before. I was there before and I'm still there after! Those developments should have never been built! What about all the other wasteful spending our government does? Atleast the rebuilding these homes will help middle class hard working families. When was the last time we had a disaster that required this much help? We support everyone else, its time they help us too. My house was build in 1947. There was a flood claim paid in 1992, 2011 and now the big one. Both of those claims were less than $5k. So just because it's damaged substantially now, I shouldn't live there anymore? Get a clue!!!

I live in Port Monmouth and had 5 feet in my home. I live two houses from the Berm. Mr Pallone promised said something would be done hack in 2003. He blames President George W Bush for not supplying the Federal monies for the project back then. I don't care how old or new the house is. I have to pay to raise my house. I will be up 30 feet. That is from the ground to the top of the roof.

hey if what they want to do in port monmouth is like last plan of dykes and levees it would work but from what ive read the save birds fish and turtles people fought it last time and won ?

I've lived in Port Monmouth for almost 12 years and I bought my own house there just over 3 years ago. I really considered throwing in the towel after this. We are raising 7 ft. As supportive as Middletown has been, they didn't do enough prior to the storm to address our issues. I believe it's a lack of knowledge on their part and greed for property tax revenue. The only way this will be fixed is if we take an active roll in seeing to it that our needs are met and not blown off. Hold the proper people accountable to making sure this doesn't happen again. That also goes beyond us just lifting our houses!

I don't know what everyone else has heard, but its my understanding that the flood gates in between N. Middletown and Port Monmouth weren't even opened before, during, or after the storm. Hence the reason why Port Monmouth had gotten flooded so bad and N. Middletown didn't. I strongly disagree with Port Monmouth having to be condemned. Port Monmouth is a peace part of Middletown, you cant just move people and condemn an area because of flooding. With new levees, and new flood gates Port Monmouth will bounce back and be a great place to live again.

Mr.pallone owes us this. This project was started 40 yrs ago, and never finished because it wasn't an economic necessity. I live in port Monmouth 4 houses away from the levee and only had water one other time (1992). The east Keansburg side was dry, even though they ate closer to ideal beach. Between construction in the wetlands and the original dike project holding the water in port Monmouth we now have a flossing issue.

@Bayshore Bill I have seen a letter to that effect. I wonder if these people have seen the garbage that comes in with the water. It's gross.

We should all get together.

hey floodgates and dykes protect north middletown not port monmouth dig into army corp projects that did not get done union beach and port monmouth are there with plans of what they were going to do union beachs was 2006 i think and port monmouth before than if only they were done it would look cheap now compared to what happened