Paul Goldfinger. Editor. Blogfinger.net. 7/3/22. Ocean Grove.
We have been collecting “parking games that people play” for years now, and the creativity of those who save or create parking spaces continues to amaze.
The motor scooters used to hold diagonal spaces near the beach on Main Avenue continues unabated. The scooter is used to save a space near the beach for a car. Then the scooter gets tucked awy down a side alley.
One of these scooters just turned up in a diagonal space at Firemen’s Park. The Groaners pushed for those spaces, so why aren’t they out there making sure that no one is taking advantage?
And how many have grabbed a space at the beach and leave the car there indefinitely to use as a beach locker?
Paid parking is needed over there and in the shopping district of OG. Paid parking will partly solve the A. Park problem, and residents stickers will give a convenience edge to those who live here without reducing the total number of spaces.
The photo above reveals a new twist. Neighborhood block parties are known in the Grove, but they are created by the folks who live there. In this instance, the Neptuners granted permission for an individual to celebrate a birthday by closing a portion of Mt. Hermon Way. Some parking spots were unavailable because of the party itself, but empty spaces were also present because it was impossible to reach them from either direction.
And this was allowed on one of the worst parking days: July 2, 2022.
It’s bad enough that we have more cars than spaces in town, but the failure to enforce the laws and permitting abuses like the party above and the scooter substitutions just makes things worse, and the NTPD do not enforce the law. It’s as if they just throw up their hands and look away.
Also, infringement on those hatched areas are supposed be risky by blocking fire engines from turning. If that is so, then where is the enforcement to insure free movement for firemen.
And now, the Neptuners and the CMA want the Township to have a vote regarding helping those who live in the Grove have some advantage during the parking wars.
They want all of Neptune to vote for or against resident stickers. And aside from the irrationality of such a vote, they know that Neptuners will vote “No.” And they will then declare that the sticker idea can be blocked forever.
HANK WILLIAMS, JR.
Interestingly, Broadway did not have its center islands until around 1909. The construction seems to have escaped notice in the press, but the OGCMA issued keep off the grass rules there with $5 fines that year.
Why don’t they paint diagonal parking spaces on both sides of Broadway and Abbott, which are super wide, to add and delineate more parking. The town could benefit from the same parking used on Main Ave. Also white lines make it more likely that you won’t get parked in or your bumper hit. ________________________________