Friday, May 24, 2013
Grant will fund dock repairs
Federal officials announced Friday that $1.3 million in Superstorm Sandy recovery funding will go to repair docks at Traders Cove Park, which officially opened Thursday. The park, which fronts Barnegat Bay off Mantoloking Road, will generate revenue for the township through the leasing of boat slips, though most of the docks at the site were destroyed or heavily damaged during the storm. The announcement Friday came as part of a $2.5 million Sandy aid package which also included a $1,229,583 grant to Scotch Plains Township for debris removal. Brick will receive a total of $1,338,746 for the marina. Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis said Thursday that the marina will feature transient slips for boaters traversing the Intracoastal Waterway as well …
Christie visits brother's house in Point Beach, then greets residents on boardwalk in downpour
President Obama may visit Point Pleasant Beach on Tuesday, but it's not definite yet if that will be one of his stops at the Jersey Shore, said Gov. Christie in Point Beach early Friday afternoon. "I don't know yet where he's going," said Christie, on the second level of the Boardwalk Bar and Grill on Friday, in between doing television interviews and greeting Jenkinson's owners and other well-wishers. "But, yes, this is one of the places that's being looked at," he said. "It's up to the White House where he goes. They tell us where they want to go and we bring them." "Put in a good word for Point Beach, Governor," said Point Beach Councilman William Mayer, smiling. "Put in a good word for Point Beach? OK!" replied Christie, matter of …
Gov. Christie appeared at Seaside Heights boardwalk Friday to promote the Jersey Shore
The Jersey Shore is officially open for summer, Gov. Chris Christie said as he spent Friday morning in Seaside Heights promoting tourism in New Jersey. Early Friday, Christie appeared on NBC's Today Show, which broadcast its morning news program live from Seaside Heights. The governor later cut a ceremonial ribbon — a Guinness World Record at over five miles long — to officially declare the shore open. "It's an incredible day for New Jersey," Christie said in remarks. "I'm so thrilled that this morning we're here with the whole country welcoming the Jersey Shore back." After being battered by Superstorm Sandy, many businesses on the boardwalk are open and welcoming customers, though others continue to make repairs. Despite some grey …
Playground, grassy area, scenic bay views off Mantoloking Road
Township officials were on hand Thursday afternoon to cut the ribbon and raise the American flag at the site of a former derelict marina that has been turned into what is being called a world class waterfront park. The site was destined to be turned into 65 foot-high condominiums at one point, but was purchased by the township and, over several years, was turned into the park that opened this week. The township is still planning to install new docks and boat slips at the site – some of which were destroyed by Superstorm Sandy – so the park can generate revenue. The park also features a double-sized boat ramp that can be used on a daily or seasonal basis.
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
DEP Commissioner: side scan sonar used to detect sunken debris; Tourism Commissioner: rental market is healthy
Though immense devastation from Superstorm Sandy remains visible up and down the New Jersey coastline, beaches, boardwalks and even rental homes are ready for the annual influx of summer tourists that will begin this weekend, officials said Thursday at the annual "State of the Shore" event in Belmar. The State of the Shore report is presented by state officials and the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium every year before Memorial Day weekend kicks off, but this year it evolved to mark the unofficial reopening of the Shore area following Sandy. With emergency repairs to state and local infrastructure damaged by the storm now complete, work has started on the state's long term recovery, said Bob Martin, commissioner of the state Department of …
This will be Obama's first visit to Shore since just after Sandy
President Obama and Gov. Christie will visit the Jersey Shore on Tuesday, according to The Record in Bergen County. Herb Jackson of the Record and northjersey.com reports President Obama will visit the Jersey Shore on Tuesday with Gov. Christie. This will be Obama's first visit to the area since Oct. 31, just after the storm struck. More information can be found here.
In addition to extra trains and buses, two children can ride free with each fare-paying adult.
NJ Transit will be offering extra trains and buses to patrons leaving work early Friday for Memorial Day weekend, according to a press release Monday. Extra outbound trains will operate on the North Jersey Coast line, which extends into Point Pleasant Beach and ends at Bay Head; the Northeast Corridor, Raritan Valley, Morris and Essex and Port Jervis lines, starting around 1 p.m. Additional buses will also be operating from the Port Authority Bus Terminal on over three dozen bus routes starting around noon, according to NJ Transit. On Memorial Day, trains will operated on a weekend/major holiday schedule on all lines, according to NJ Transit. Hudson-Bergen Light Rail will operate on a weekend schedule, Newark Light Rail will operate …
Contract for demolition, clearing of destroyed homes will be re-bid
The township-led program that will include the demolition of potentially hundreds of homes destroyed by Superstorm Sandy has hit a snag. The $8.2 million program, which will also include the carting away of debris from destroyed neighborhoods, will have to be rebid after it was determined that one of the winning bidders does not hold the proper licensing for a portion of the project. The Private Property Debris Removal, or PPDR, program is run by FEMA and allows the township to take on the task of demolishing destroyed homes or entire neighborhoods. FEMA then reimburses the township 75 percent of the cost, with the remainder coming from homeowners' insurance policies, disaster grants or other funding mechanisms. The township would pay …
Pennsylvania senator who stopped vote criticized; Menendez says he will introduce insurance rate bill
The Brick Township council this week unanimously supported a resolution urging the federal government to put off flood insurance rate hikes. Brick residents in flood zones face insurance rates of up to $31,000 per year if they do not raise their homes since the federal government's subsidization of the National Flood Insurance Program was eliminated by an act of congress last year. Last week, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) blocked a measure that would have delayed the rate hikes, during which time a study could be conducted on insurance affordability and grant funding to help people raise homes could be obtained, if necessary. Toomey said at the time that his aim is to make the insurance program more financially sound, though the resolution …
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