The Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet Coastal Storm Risk Management Project was authorized by Congress in 1999. The project includes the construction of a dune and berm system with a 3-year nourishment cycle (pending available funding) and 2.2 miles of seawall along the Townsends Inlet frontage of Avalon and the Hereford Inlet frontage of North Wildwood. The design calls for a 150 foot berm (or beach) backed by a dune constructed to elevation +14.75 (North American Vertical Datum of 1988). The beachfill portion of the project was initially constructed in 2002. The Townsends Inlet seawall was completed in 2006. The Hereford Inlet seawall was constructed in 2 phases with the Phase 1 completed in 2007 and Phase 2 completed in 2010. The dune and beachfill project was renourished/repaired in 2011, 2013, 2017, and 2019. The Hereford Seawall was repaired in 2014 and 2020-2021.

The project is designed to reduce the risk of damages to infrastructure from coastal storm events.

The dune and beachfill portion of the Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet project was initially constructed in 2002 and has been subsequently nourished and repaired. Periodic nourishment of the dune and beachfill project began April 17, 2023 and was completed on May 11 in Avalon. Sand placement was completed in Stone Harbor on July 17, 2023. 

The Townsends Inlet seawall portion of the project was completed in 2006. The Hereford Inlet seawall was constructed in 2 phases with the Phase 1 completed in 2007 and Phase 2 completed in 2010. Repair work along the Hereford Inlet (Anglesea) seawall began in 2020 and finished in 2021.

The project is designed to reduce the risk of damages to infrastructure from coastal storm events.