The hot spots for erosion move east to west along the East End beaches.
Sagaponack, Bridgehampton, Westhampton ( now West Hampton Dunes), Hampton Bays and, most recently Wainscott have all had their opportunities to be the “hot spot”.
Ronald Lauder, who has done so much to preserve Wainscott from development over the years is now fighting the battle to save an oceanfront home.
Hamptons Establish a Beachhead
Wall Street Journal
Erosion doesn’t appear to have had any broad effect on the value of the area’s oceanfront real estate, even though these homes are among the most fragile. …
2 comments
May 3, 2010 at 11:30 am
Johnson County KS Real Estate
Is anything being done to stop the erosion problems there? I know my family has a place on the Lake Michigan bluffs, and there is a huge effort to at least slow the erosion, they are losing 5 feet a year.
May 4, 2010 at 9:57 am
Michael Daly
According to my friend Billy, whose company specializes in beach restoration, it’s a matter of adding sand every 3-5 years. Looks like now is the time to do it.