route 72: Long Beach Island, NJ...A Troubled Bridge Over Water
- 06/19/09 12:47 AM
How do you spell bad timing? Ask the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). It's planning to start work on the Route 72 Causeway in July! That's the only access from the mainland to Long Beach Island, unless you come by boat. DOT officials had said in March construction would not take place during the summer months due to the tourism season. But the project was expedited to start July 20 (though the newly erected signs say the work will begin on July 17th). That's because the project was funding received through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and must be spent quickly (6 comments)