Navigating Asbury Park’s streets and parking is paramount, particularly during the peak season. In advance of the spring and summer uptick, here are a few updates: Electric car sharing stations, complete with charging docks should be up and running by Memorial Day weekend, transportation manager Michael Manzella said. The City Council voted this past week […]

A public comment period is now open for Asbury Park’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, a part of the its Complete Streets initiatives adopted in October 2015. “The Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan was developed with community participation through outreach efforts at City events, an online survey map, two stakeholder focus groups, and a steering […]

Deal Police have reported a series of drug possession charges, while Asbury Park closes a portion of Main Street due to a gas main leak. Main Street is closed between Third and Second avenues in Asbury Park due to a gas main being struck. This is the third time a gas main has been struck […]

Infrastructure improvements in Asbury Park now takes a turn toward Bridge and Heck streets, city officials have announced. Residents should expect minor detours in the Heck Street area over the next few weeks, where road improvement work will begin, with Bridge Street construction to follow. The improvements will include new sanitary sewer mains and storm […]

A Tuesday morning gas main leak in the area of Cookman Avenue and Main Street closed Main Street between Springwood and Mattison avenues for close to an hour. Fire Department Spokesman Garrett Giberson Jr said the leak occurred near 10:30 a.m. when a construction worker accidentally struck a pipe. Asbury Park Fire and Police departments […]

Concerns about speeding along the city’s residential streets, particularly along Third and Fourth Avenues, is being met with a community call to action from the Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition. The grassroots organization is asking anyone with ideas on how to calm traffic to e-mail the group and/or share ideas on social media via #SlowTheCars. […]

A $325,000 Transit Village grant awarded by the NJ Department of Transportation [NJDOT] will be used to fund a wayfinding signage and construction project, city officials announced via a written news statement Tuesday. “We’re thrilled to be awarded this Transit Village Grant and look forward to creating wayfinding signage that is not only functional, but […]

The local group advocating for safer streets for all who use them will received its second state recognition this weekend. In October the Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition was awarded a Champion Award during the State Department of Transportation’s Complete Streets Summit. Now the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition will recognize the advocacy group […]

The New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] funded Main Street Road Diet will bring over $19 million in needed improvements to the corridor between Allenhurst and Ocean Grove, city officials announced Thursday. “The goal of the road diet is to decrease travel time through the Main Street corridor and create a safer, more efficient traffic […]

Snowstorm Grayson has delayed work on the Springwood Avenue sewer improvement project by one day, according to the City’s Engineering Consultant Jason Harzold of T&M Associates. A part of the Main Street Redevelopment Area’s ongoing infrastructure improvements, the pipe replacement will occur along Springwood Avenue, from the intersection of Main Street [Rt. 71] to Memorial […]