Asbury Park Mayor John Moor, along with City Council, and waterfront master redeveloper iStar celebrated the unveiling this morning of the reconstruction project of the north end boardwalk. With a design that was years in the making, the new boardwalk on the north end includes 1,200 linear feet (LF) of straight wooden boardwalk measuring from […]

iStar [the city’s master waterfront developer] and the City, announced in a joint news statement that an agreement has been reached on how to move forward with the reconstruction of the north end boardwalk. “With the cooperation of iStar, we are ready to bring a new boardwalk to the north end,” Mayor John Moor said. […]

Governor Chris Christie celebrated the completion of post-Sandy repairs made to the Asbury Park boardwalk and welcomed tourists to the city for one of the biggest holiday weekends at the Jersey Shore at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held Friday afternoon on the south side of the boardwalk near Convention Hall. It was his third ribbon cutting; prior […]

Most of the now-closed boardwalk in Asbury Park will reopen next week, and the city council has awarded a contract to repair the remaining two sections that will remain off-limits until May 18. By a vote of 3-0, the council awarded the repair work at last night’s council meeting to GCS Contractors of Oakhurst in […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tonight, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. The workshop and executive agendas were not available online at the time of this posting. Items on the regular meeting agenda […]

The city council was scheduled to approve a contract for repairs to the south end of the boardwalk at a special meeting held yesterday, but council members decided to reject all the bids and try again instead. City attorney Fred Raffetto cited a “very real potential for litigation” as a reason for starting from scratch. […]

The city council will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. today to award a bid for repairs to the southern end of the city’s boardwalk. The boardwalk was damaged in Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. The city expects and hopes to have repairs finished by May 17, for an opening day of May 18. […]

The city was prepared last night to award a contract for the first phase of reconstruction of the boardwalk’s south end. But after a possible issue with that contractor’s bid came to light, the city will accept bids once more and vote on a winner in an special meeting on Monday. At last night’s city […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tonight, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • Contract awards for various boardwalk repair materials, as well as the first phase of south […]

Asbury Park’s city council is scheduled to meet in council chambers tonight, with a closed executive session starting at 5 p.m.; a workshop session at 6 p.m.; and a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: • A report on crime from Police Chief Mark Kinmon during the 6 p.m. workshop session. […]