New Long Branch Boardwalk At Long Last Open For Business

It's finished. Finally.

A new $25 million boardwalk - the largest capital project in the city's history - to replace the Sandy-battered boardwalk from Melrose Terrace to Brighton Avenue is now complete.

But it wasn't easy, according to app.com.

"I personally would never want to build another boardwalk again," City Administrator Howard Woolley during a dedication ceremony on Monday. "It was an extremely difficult project to deal with. It took a long time to put this project together."

The city bonded for $25 million to rebuild the one-mile swath of composite decking boardwalk. A steel sheet pile sea wall was also installed to protect it.

Mayor Adam Schneider, clad in shorts and sandals, praised the residents for putting up with the inconveniences

"I tell you who I want to thank are the people who live up and down here. From last June to October these pilings were being pounded and nobody complained," said Schneider.

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Photo credit: The City of Long Branch Facebook page.