Nor'easter Floods Roads From Bay Head To Seaside Park

OCEAN COUNTY, NJ — Roads up and down the northern barrier island flooded on Tuesday as a lingering nor'easter pushed tidal waters higher during the second day of the storm.

Residents from Bay Head to the South Seaside Park section of Berkeley Township reported flooded roads, with parts of Route 35 flooded at various points, and many inundated side streets. Comments and photos shared in several Facebook groups, including the Lavallette Boardwalk, Bay Head & Mantoloking Locals, and Ortley Beach groups showed extensive flooding.

Lavallette residents posting in the Lavallette Boardwalk Facebook group said part of Route 35 southbound was impassable in the borough, and photos showed water above the bulkheads along lagoons. Photos from Ortley Beach showed water creeping toward homes.

One Lavallette resident noted the flooding was "in all the usual places."

One of those usual places is Normandy Beach, where residents of the Brick Township portion have been pushing township officials to address issues resulting in streets so flooded that vehicles driving up and down cause wakes that damage property.

A project to raise Broad Street from 5th Avenue in Toms River to 7th Avenue in Brick, along with 5th, 6th and 7th avenues, has been approved for funding by the state Department of Transportation.

But the work itself is still some time off, leaving Normandy Beach residents trying to cope with the tidal effects.

"Worst flooding since Sandy here today in Normandy," Brick resident Larry Reid said, and that was before the bayside high tide had peaked.

A Lavallette resident said there were several cars that flooded past the bottom of their doors and a tow truck was sitting nearby to pull stranded vehicles out of the water.

By 5 p.m. the water was receding, and some residents were breathing a sigh of relief, noting that the main part of the nor'easter had moved out of the area.

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