Surf City and Seaside Park are among the Ocean County and Jersey Shore towns making a slight change to the price of beach badges for the 2023 summer season.
Surf City and Seaside Park are among the Ocean County and Jersey Shore towns making a slight change to the price of beach badges for the 2023 summer season.
Surf City and Seaside Park are among the Ocean County and Jersey Shore towns making a slight change to the price of beach badges for the 2023 summer season.
The BPU is expected to have its decision in June.
“We need to have a voice so unintended consequences don’t negatively impact” the Island, Surf City Councilman Peter Hartney said last week.
His comments came during the Feb. 10 borough council meeting, where he brought the issue to light, nearly four months after first bringing up concerns of a possible adverse impact, including shoreline visibility to LBI communities. Since then, Hartney said, he’s had an opportunity to question community members and found the concerns are the same across the board.
Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind is poised to build the second wind farm in the state, in part off the coast of Long Beach Island. The closest western, or in-shore, boundary of the lease is 10 miles from Barnegat Light and 9 miles from Holgate. The lease area has the potential to generate 3 gigawatts of offshore wind energy. Atlantic Shores plans to start onshore construction of substations in 2024 and offshore construction by 202