{"id":16128,"date":"2024-05-21T02:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T06:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=16128"},"modified":"2024-05-21T04:48:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T08:48:21","slug":"seaside-park-votes-to-revert-2nd-avenue-to-one-way-street-but-theres-a-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2024\/05\/seaside-park-votes-to-revert-2nd-avenue-to-one-way-street-but-theres-a-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside Park Votes to Revert 2nd Avenue to One-Way Street (But There’s A Catch)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2nd Avenue, Seaside Park, N.J., May 2024. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

Seaside Park officials have voted to formally change the traffic pattern on 2nd Avenue back to a \u201cone way\u201d movement, however when the signage is installed is not entirely up to the borough.<\/p>\n

Though a resolution had been passed once before, the formal ordinance changing the traffic pattern was passed on first reading last week. It will be subject to a public hearing and second vote at the council\u2019s next meeting, though the request was largely inspired by residents who voiced concerns to officials that the street was too narrow for two-way traffic during the summer season when cars are often parked on both sides of the road.<\/p>\n

The ordinance makes 2nd Avenue a one-way street between Central Avenue (Route 35) and the Ocean Avenue. Traffic will move west (ocean-toward-bay) on the street, which had been a one-way road before having been changed by a previous council. A plan was briefly considered to make the change seasonal, however it was rejected as being likely to cause confusion.<\/p>\n

Even after the second reading, however, new signage and enforcement will not come immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state DOT had to give their approval and authorization, and provide the specific wording they require, which came this week,\u201d said Mayor John Peterson.<\/p>\n

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2nd Avenue, Seaside Park, N.J., May 2024. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

The state provided much of the text for the ordinance change, and since the boundary of the one-way zone terminates at a state highway, Trenton officials will have to review the ordinance and change the signage. That, in and of itself, has caused concern among local leaders since state agencies are notoriously sluggish in approval even simple changes to traffic patterns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to send a certified copy to DOT for them to approve,\u201d explained Borough Administrator Karen Kroon. \u201cOnce they approve, they have to contact their road department to come out and install the signs. There is no ETA on when they might do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state is responsible for installing all of the borough\u2019s one-way and \u201cDo Not Enter\u201d signs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m anticipating it being adopted on June 7, and we will notify the state the next day,\u201d Kroon said.<\/p>\n

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2nd Avenue, Seaside Park, N.J., May 2024. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

Peterson, on behalf of the borough, was authorized to write a letter to the state agency expressing the urgent need for the change, as it affects safety during the busy summer months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis action had been long-awaited,\u201d he said. \u201cThe goal, naturally, was to make sure such measures would be effectuated before the start of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Seaside Park officials have voted to formally change the traffic pattern on 2nd Avenue back to a \u201cone way\u201d movement, however when the signage is installed is not entirely up to the borough. Though a resolution had been passed once before, the formal ordinance changing the traffic pattern was passed on first reading last week. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[2688,1959,2472,32],"class_list":["post-16128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seaside-government","category-seaside-heights","tag-2nd-avenue","tag-featured","tag-one-way-streets","tag-seaside-park-nj-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_3480-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-4c8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}