{"id":13706,"date":"2023-04-27T14:47:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T18:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=13706"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:06:30","slug":"seaside-heights-will-replace-boat-ramp-but-sees-risk-from-1955-in-taking-state-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/04\/seaside-heights-will-replace-boat-ramp-but-sees-risk-from-1955-in-taking-state-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside Heights Will Replace Boat Ramp, But Sees Risk (From 1955) in Taking State Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script id=\"4314c5a3d8e44dbb9d1c98042002bbe8\">(new Image()).src = 'https:\/\/capi.connatix.com\/tr\/si?token=e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0&cid=209cb62d-f20d-41b1-885d-a317d66dc464';  cnx.cmd.push(function() {    cnx({      playerId: \"e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0\",      mediaId: \"35854dc4-1616-42e7-8722-501eb32ff270\"    }).render(\"4314c5a3d8e44dbb9d1c98042002bbe8\");  });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Seaside Heights had already set aside funding to replace its boat ramp at the north bayfront, now known as Sunset Beach. The borough would later qualify for about $72,000 in state grant funding to help offset a portion of the cost \u2013 however the true cost was unknown to officials, who agreed to pass on the state\u2019s offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the things they want us to do as a condition of the Green Acres grant \u2013 and I believe it is pretty standard for them, but we have to really think about it \u2013 is that they want us to do a historical fill investigation,\u201d said Borough Administrator Christopher Vaz.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13707\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-2.34.36-PM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"A map showing the pre-1955 bayfront of Seaside Heights, N.J. (Credit: USGS)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13707\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13707\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-2.34.36-PM-1024x560.png\" alt=\"A map showing the pre-1955 bayfront of Seaside Heights, N.J. (Credit: USGS)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-2.34.36-PM-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-2.34.36-PM-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-2.34.36-PM-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-2.34.36-PM-1536x840.png 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-27-at-2.34.36-PM-2048x1119.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map showing the pre-1955 bayfront of Seaside Heights, N.J. (Credit: USGS)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13709\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1120-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13709\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13709\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1120-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1120-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1120-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1120-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1120-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1120-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13711\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1122-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13711\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13711\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1122-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1122-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1122-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1122-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1122-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1122-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The investigation would require the borough to hire engineers to physically enter the water and probe for any objects or substances that could be buried in the sand. There have never been any pollutants or other dangerous materials found in the area, and there is no reason to believe there are, officials said. But the problem is that the borough has no record of how the area around the boat ramp was built \u2013 because it was the state itself that placed the sand there and created the portion of the \u201cisland\u201d that now makes up the bayfront.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1955, the [Department of Transportation] created the whole bayfront,\u201d Vaz explained, as part of the new access point to the island via the Route 37 bridge. \u201cThe way it looks now is not how it looked before. The bayfront was Bay Boulevard until 1955. They filled that whole area, created the clover-leaf entrance and filled it in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem here,\u201d he continued, \u201cis if the investigation comes back and there is a problem found, we then have an obligation to fix it. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s worth $72,000 to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Borough Attorney Jean Cipriani agreed that the liability risk would far outweigh the amount of the grant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think for $72,000, it really isn\u2019t worth it,\u201d said Mayor Anthony Vaz. \u201d The liability would fall on us. It doesn\u2019t make sense to approve this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The borough council agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Vaz, the administrator, said the project will move forward with the funding that had already been set aside for the boat ramp\u2019s replacement, however there is not yet an exact timeline on the work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13712\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1123-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13712\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13712\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1123-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1123-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1123-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1123-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1123-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1123-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13710\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1121-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13710\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13710\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1121-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1121-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1121-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1121-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1121-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1121-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_13708\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1119-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13708\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13708\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1119-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1119-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1119-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1119-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1119-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ssh_boat_ramp_1119-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Seaside Heights boat ramp at the north bayfront area, 2023. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe historical fill analysis could lead to costly unintended consequences for the borough, so for the comparatively small grant funding involved the decision was made to forego the grant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The borough turned down a $214,875 offer of a loan from the state since the funding was already budgeted.<\/p>\n<p>Boaters, for some time, have been calling on the borough to improve the ramp area. It is known to collect sand which affects the traction of vehicles, and a non-standard slope grade compared with surrounding shallow water can cause some vessels to bottom out when launching and retrieving. The new ramp would be of a standard slope and depth, with proper bulkheading.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2023\/04\/seaside-heights-will-replace-boat-ramp-but-sees-risk-from-1955-in-taking-state-grant\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seaside Heights had already set aside funding to replace its boat ramp at the north bayfront, now known as Sunset Beach. 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