Police officials have announced the closing of railroad crossing this week in Asbury Park and Interlaken. The Asbury Park Police Department has issued an advisory alerting motorists and travelers that the Springwood Avenue railroad crossing will close Thursday for one week. The crossing is nearest to the city’s transportation center, located on Main St and Springwood Avenue. A part […]

The Monroe Avenue Railroad closure, in place through 8 p.m. Wednesday, comes with certain area road closures and detours, officials from the New Jersey Department of Transportation [NJDOT] said Thursday. The closure is part of the NJDOT railroad crossing rehabilitation project aimed at conducting necessary safety work, officials said. The existing railroad crossing is being […]

It may have been bad timing but the trees cleared from the perimeter of the Asbury Park circle on Earth Day posed a safety hazard, according to a letter addressed to Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-Monmouth). In the letter, New Jersey Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Stephens said, “The trees were removed due to severe decay.” […]

Those who drove around the Asbury Circle Friday were met with a jarring visual. Hundred year-old oak and pines trees were being cleared from the perimeter. “The great looking tall trees around the Asbury Circle are being cut down one after the other,” was Don Brockel’s first message. “Yes some should go down…..but the ones […]

The city council tonight will discuss the state’s proposed new traffic reconfiguration on Main Street, which is a state highway. Commonly referred to as the “road diet,” the plan reconfigures the current four lane roadway into two through traffic lanes with a turning lane in the center. Two bike lanes will be added between the […]

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 […]

Asbury Park is set to receive a $50,000 grant for boardwalk reconstruction, according to a state Department of Transportation [NJDOT] press release. The grant is one of 25 bring administered by the NJDOT through the Local Aid Infrastructure Fund program, according to the release. Other municipalities are receiving grants to help with street repairs, drainage […]