Are Beach Fees Really Funding the Beaches In New Jersey? Eric Scott Published: August 29, 2025 The NJ DEP is supposed to verify that towns are spending beach fees on beach related costs. A spokesman says they don't do that. (Getty images/Canva/Townsquare Media illustration)

🏖 Many NJ towns collected record beach badge fees

🏖 Where does all that money go?

🏖 A trouble new report finds that is not easy to find out

Beach badges have long been a source of frustration for New Jersey residents. The cost to access New Jersey beaches has been steadily rising for years.

New Jersey is the only state in the nation that charges a fee to access the beach.

This was one of the very fist topics I ever talked to you about when I joined New Jersey 101.5 in 1991. We've been talking about it ev

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