In the spring of 2019, local, county and state officials gathered just off the Causeway to celebrate the completion, a year ahead of schedule, of a new western span that included a passive area with a fishing pier. Earlier this month, a N.J. Department of Transportation work crew was back on site to repair the fishing pier.

“Stafford (officials) contracted NJDOT because of deterioration of the bulkhead and walkway and our operations crews are making repairs,” Steve Schapiro, a spokesman for the…