PHOTOS: Seaside Roller Coaster Up Close; Future Plotted for Beaches Ravaged by Sandy
Legislators receive tour of Shore destruction on Thursday.
Members of the New Jersey Assembly toured Ocean County communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy on Thursday. The tour, led by State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes, along with local officials, gave lawmakers and members of the press an up-close look at what Sandy left behind—including the remnants of the Seaside Heights boardwalk and the now-iconic Jet Star roller coaster, which dropped from Casino Pier to the ocean during the storm. Casino Pier will be repaired in what is estimated to be a $45 million project, Seaside Heights Police Chief Thomas Boyd said, and the roller coaster will be removed from the ocean floor. However it is unlikely that Funtown Pier in neighboring Seaside Park will be rebuilt. Though there was talk of …
