Offshore Wind Public Hearing To Be Held In Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, NJ — A public hearing on offshore wind is set for Oct. 3 in Ocean City, covering proposed transmission lines that will run through Green Acres land.

The hearing is hosted by Ocean Wind, LLC, the developers behind Ocean Wind 1, a proposed offshore wind project that would be located 15 miles of the coast of Ocean City.

The hearing will be held in-person at the Flanders Hotel at 6 p.m.

The proposed project has plans to run cables under Ocean City beaches at the end of 35th Street and south, and wetlands north of Roosevelt Boulevard Bridge. These are Green Acres areas, which are preserved for open space.

The public is able to comment in-person on proposed easements to construct the cables. Comments can also be submitted online.

Visit the Ocean City website for more information.

"The city’s position is that there remain open questions and issues about the project that should be addressed before approving the use of these public lands and rights of way," Mayor Jay A. Gillian said.

Ocean City and its residents have previously spoken out against the cables running through beaches multiple times.

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