Members of the Asbury Park City Council are all in agreement that none of the city’s railway intersections between Memorial Drive and Main Street should be shut off to traffic. In a discussion held during the Aug. 6 city council meeting, all five council members agreed to send correspondence to the state department of transportation […]

Representatives from the New Jersey Department of Transportation [DOT] and NJ Transit officials met with city officials Friday to discuss a plan that would permanently close access between Main Street and Memorial Drive at the intersection of Summerfield Avenue. The closure dovetails with a county project that will reconfigure the traffic pattern of Memorial Drive […]

Motorists will experience at least a two-year detour when construction on the Sunset Avenue bridge replacement project begins, but where the diversion will take place is still not finalized. The project has been a topic of conversation between Monmouth County officials and the city for over a year. The bridge [shown above], which links Asbury […]

The city council plans a special council meeting to discuss the state’s proposed redesign of Asbury Park’s Main Street, with one council member asking that the session be held by September. Called a “road diet” the state plan would reduce Main Street from a four lane thoroughfare down to two with bike paths on both […]

A $50,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] was used to fortify the boardwalk the week before the Bamboozle music festival in May, according to city manager Terence Reidy. The grant was one of 25 awarded to municipalities for infrastructure repairs and announced by NJDOT on Sept. 12. The city used the […]