Many years ago, a group called WAVE began to plan the redevelopment of Ocean Grove’s North End. Many years later, they still have not finished the job.
By Jack Bredin and Paul Goldfinger @ Blogfinger.net
You can’t blame us for being jaded regarding the North End. After all, this redevelopment plan has been in the cards for years. You may recall that the original NERP has been on hold because of what? WAVE, the elusive redevelopment group who has never produced a set of construction plans or a redevelopers agreement, supposedly has been working on financing.
Meanwhile, several years ago, WAVE tried to announce a new plan supported by Randy Bishop and the OGHOA, but that plan never was approved, and so we still are dealing with the original concept that would offer 165 new residential units at the North End, a hotel, and an underground parking garage.
Yesterday we heard from a citizen reporter who noticed some “digging” going on at the North End.
North End, April 10, 2017. By F. Gosh. ©
He took a photo (above) and said, “They had been digging this morning. They dig about 3 feet deep then take measurements of the hole and soil samples. Think they could be perk tests? What do your followers think?”
OMG an underground parking garage and of course it’s water tight, sorry Atlantic Ocean tight. Unless they hire Moses for the bad storms, it is not happening.
Why why why is it do difficult to do the minimum of paving it over and put in a simple parking lot? Stokes must be amazed by the ineptness to get things done in this town.