{"id":5182,"date":"2018-05-03T02:02:35","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T06:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=5182"},"modified":"2018-05-03T02:02:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T06:02:35","slug":"entrepreneurs-pitch-boardwalk-train-to-seaside-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2018\/05\/entrepreneurs-pitch-boardwalk-train-to-seaside-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurs Pitch Boardwalk ‘Train’ to Seaside Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A trackless “train” runs through a mall. (Credit: howard251a\/ YouTube)<\/p><\/div>\n

A group of business owners made their pitch to borough council members on a trackless “train” that they hope to operate on the Seaside Heights boardwalk.<\/p>\n

The train would actually be a wheeled vehicle with four cars that would travel at no more than 5 m.p.h. It would be similar to “trains” that operate inside shopping malls, like the one that currently carries children around the Freehold Raceway Mall.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re probably talking about a four-car unit, so that would bring it to about 24 feet long,” said Sam Vendola, owner of the company that manufactures the train vehicle.<\/p>\n

The group who wants to operate the train, who admitted they had not yet seen the Seaside Heights boardwalk in person, said their plan would be to charge $3 per person and run from 12 noon to 8 p.m., seven days per week. In exchange for allowing the train to operate, they would offer 20 percent of the attraction’s profits to the borough.<\/p>\n

The plan faces an uphill battle. Borough Attorney Jean Cipriani said Seaside Heights cannot unilaterally enter into a profit-sharing agreement without going through a legally-mandated bid process. Beyond that, officials voiced concerns over whether the boardwalk could physically acommodate such a vehicle, safety issues, and whether it would interfere with borough vehicles that also traverse the boards during the summer.<\/p>\n

“There are typically three golf carts and two patrol cars” on the boardwalk at a given time during the summer, Borough Administrator Christopher Vaz said.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, the 70-foot-wide boardwalk is dotted with kiosks and stands, and the train would not be able to travel north of Casino Pier since that portion is privately-owned.<\/p>\n

Then, there is the question of liability. The would-be operators proposed a driver and a second observer on the train, but Cipriani said if the plan were to ever be considered, the business would have to insure the borough.<\/p>\n

“Worst case scenario, if someone gets hurt, they will sue you, but they will also definitely sue us,” she said.<\/p>\n

Mayor Anthony Vaz suggested the group look at the boardwalk and see if they wish to formally propose the attraction in the future.<\/p>\n

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