{"id":2917,"date":"2019-03-14T01:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T05:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2019-03-14T01:18:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T05:18:23","slug":"toms-river-planning-to-build-three-kayak-launches-storage-racks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2019\/03\/toms-river-planning-to-build-three-kayak-launches-storage-racks\/","title":{"rendered":"Toms River Planning to Build Three Kayak Launches, Storage Racks"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kayak

Kayak (Credit: Arnold de Leon\/ Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n

Toms River officials are planning to build kayak launches in numerous locations around town as well as racks where they can be stored by residents \u2013 and three are expected to be ready for this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re adding a number of racks and launches along the Toms River and along the waterways,\u201d said Township Administrator Don Guardian. \u201cThree have been adopted for this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

One launch site will be located behind the former Red Carpet Motel on Water Street. Work to build it will begin after the motel is torn down in the coming weeks. The location was chosen because of its access to the narrows of the Toms River as well as nearby parking.<\/p>\n

The other two sites will be located at the Money Island beach, where residents already launch kayaks, and at the Docksider Marina in Ortley Beach.<\/p>\n

\"Docksider

Docksider Marina, Ortley Beach, March 2019. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The marina is a small, private facility next to the large Docksider condominium development on a lagoon off 1919 Bay Boulevard.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t find township property that had safe parking, access and egress, so it made sense to look for a marina,\u201d said Guardian, of the Ortley Beach site. \u201cWe are leasing two spaces, building an ADA-approved dock and a kayak rack so residents can lock up their kayaks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The launches will also include a few benches as well as parking for kayak trailers. Guardian said all three sites are planned to be in place by this summer, pending state Department of Environmental Protection approval.<\/p>\n

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Toms River officials are planning to build kayak launches in numerous locations around town as well as racks where they can be stored by residents \u2013 and three are expected to be ready for this summer. \u201cWe\u2019re adding a number of racks and launches along the Toms River and along the waterways,\u201d said Township Administrator […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,9,3],"tags":[810,809,11],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-weather","category-featured","category-government","tag-kayak-launch","tag-kayaking","tag-toms-river-nj-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2942136471_f86c5f5d2d_b.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}