Despite fierce objections from local elected officials, emergency personnel and the public, the N.J. Department of Transportation appears committed to continuing road work in Ship Bottom at the height of the Long Beach Island summer. Some local leaders have gone so far as to suggest the untimely work is payback for the Island’s vocal opposition to the governor’s offshore wind agenda.  

“Sounds like it’s (Gov. Phil) Murphy’s ‘Bridgegate.’ We’re fighting offshore wind.