Property owners plan to rebuild fire-damaged Seaside boardwalk for summer. SEASIDE HEIGHTS — After a long winter in limbo, boardwalk property owners in Seaside Heights and Seaside Park have reached a tentative agreement to repair the fire-damaged promenade in time for summer.
The plan is to build a new 70-foot wide boardwalk that will connect the two boroughs, according to Seaside Heights Borough Administrator John Camera. The walkway will go up where the old one stood, with temporary amusements to entertain visitors during a summer of transition. Camera said representatives for the property owners met with officials from the two towns on Monday night. The representatives indicated that the property owners are going to cover the cost of rebuilding the boardwalk rather than applying for federal aid, according to Camera. Private funding will expedite the process, Camera said. “"At this point, the private owners expressed their willingness to do it at their own expense so that the project can be sure to get done in time for this season," said Camera. After Sandy: The Future of Boardwalks. Part of our weekly "In Focus" series—stepping back, looking closer.
The sound of flip-flops flapping will bring you there instantly. So will the rumble of bicycles over wooden slats, the cry of a seagull, the smell of taffy and French fries, and the sight of bumper cars and a Ferris wheel. A whiff, a glimpse, a sound and you are swept back to a warm evening on a beach boardwalk during an idyllic summer. For many Americans, that evocative boardwalk is on the Jersey Shore. Or was. After a disaster like Sandy, the cry to rebuild goes up quickly. But the prospect of rising sea levels and increasingly intense storms raises the question of whether boardwalks should be rebuilt. Solutions exist, but none are cheap.
Despite Sandy, Jersey Shore Sets Tourism Record With $40 Billion in Revenue. By Gina G.
Scala for NewJerseyNewsroom When you think of New Jersey in 2012, you will undoubtedly associated it with superstorm Sandy, which carved a path of destruction through the Garden State’s most lucrative tourist areas: the Jersey Shore. Still, the Garden State set a tourism dollar record last year as it raked in more than $40 billion. That figure tops the $38 billion tourism revenue in 2011, which saw the Jersey Shore evacuated and Atlantic City shut down for Hurricane Irene the week before Labor Day. “That’s even more amazing in light of the storm,” Gov. Sandy made landfall just south of Atlantic City on Oct. 29, nearly two months after Labor Day and roughly a month after annual autumn events like ChowderFest on Long Beach Island. Whether the Garden State will garner those numbers this year, there is good news: The Miss America Pageant, once a mainstay in Atlantic City, will be back this September.
Rebuilding New Jersey' Shore, One Boardwalk At A Time. Hide captionPeople walk on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Friday.
The Jersey Shore beaches officially opened for the summer, after rebuilding following the destruction left behind by Superstorm Sandy last fall. The storm caused $37 billion of damage in the state. Julio Cortez/AP People walk on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Friday. The Jersey Shore beaches officially opened for the summer, after rebuilding following the destruction left behind by Superstorm Sandy last fall. When Hurricane Sandy swept through New Jersey last year, it destroyed many homes and businesses. In the months since, many of these towns have rushed to rebuild their boardwalks, but not everyone thinks the money has been well spent. The boardwalk in Belmar, N.J., was among those destroyed and scattered all over town. The federal government will pay for much of the boardwalk, but to kick-start the project the town held what it called an adopt-a-board campaign.
Belmar isn't alone. Tourism. Tourism is travelling for recreation.
The tourist originated when large numbers of middle class people began join aristocratic travellers. As societies became wealthier, and people longer-lived, it became not only possible but probable that lower-middle and middle class people steadily employed would retire in good health and with some significant savings. To be a tourist is to travel and stay in places apart from your usual place of residence, as an end in itself. A tourist can usually be seen as clearly "out of place" with his current surroundings, therefore not to be confused with other travellers. The term tourist is tied to the activity of taking a tour[?] The tourist can be interested (among other things) in the new place's culture or its nature.
Organised tourism is now a major industry around the world. New Jersey Travel and Vacation Information, Official State Tourism Site. Gov. Christie gives OK to knock down damaged homes.