Politics & Government

Oceanport Declares State of Emergency

Mandatory evacuation issued for flood-prone areas.

Oceanport officials declared a state of emergency for the borough on Sunday afternoon.

A mandatory evacuation has been issued for residents on the following streets prior to the high tide at 10 p.m. Sunday through Monday:

ADRIAN AVE Y;
ALGONQUIN AVE P-West of Port-au-Peck Ave;
ALLENHURST AVE Y;
ARNOLD AVE Y;
ASBURY AVE Y;
AUSABLE AVE Y;
AVON AVE Y;
BAYVIEV PI Y;
BELMAR AVE P-Milton to Myrtle;
BLACKBERRY BAY DR Y;
BRADLEY AVE Y;
BRANHCHPORT AVE P-South of Doreen Drive;
BRIDGEWATERS DR Y;
BUNGALOW PL ;Y
BLUE POINT COVE Y;
CAYUGA AVE Y;
COMANCHE DR P-North of Monmouth Blvd;
COMANCHE DR P-Between Monmouth Blvd and Sagamore Ave;
COMANCHE DR P-Between Shrewsbury and Fiore;
DEAL AV E Y;
DOREEN DR Y;
DRIVEWAY Y;
ELINORE CT Y;
EAST MAIN ST Y;
FIORE CT Y;
GENESSE AVE Y;
GOLD ST Y;
GOOSENECK POINT RD Y;
HERBERT PL Y;
HIAWATHA AVE P-West of Port-au-Peck Ave;
HORICON AVE Y;
HORSENECK POINT RD Y;
IROQUOIS AVE P-West of Port-au-Peck Ave;
ITASKA PL Y;
ITHACA AV Y;
LAKE DR Y;
LEEWARD CT Y;
LONG BRANCH AVE Y;
MAIN ST P-West of Oceanport Ave to Firehouse;
E .MAIN ST Y;
MANITTO PL Y;
MAPLE PL Y;
MILTON AVE P-From Spring Lake Ave. North;
MOHAWK AVE Y;
MOHICAN AVE Y;
MONMOUTH BLVD P-West of Port-au-Peck Ave;
MONMOUTH BLVD P-East of Comanche Dr;
MYRTLE AVE P-North of Belmar Ave;
NICHOLSON PL Y;
ONEIDA AVE Y;
ONONDAGA AVE Y;
ORCHARD DR Y;
PARK ST Y;
PEMBERTON AVE P-Between Oceanport and East Main Street;
POCAHONTAS AVE P-Mid-block west to Port-au-Peck;
POCANO AVE Y;
PORT-AU-PECK AVE P-North of Hiawatha;
RELWOLF AVE Y;
RIDDLE PL Y;
RIVER PL Y;
RIVER ST Y;
RIVERSIDE AVE Y;
RIVERVIEW RD Y;
ROSSITER PL Y;
RIVERBEND Y;
SAGAMORE AVE P-From Shrewsbury to Mid-block;
SEA GIRT AVE P-From Belmar North;
SEAWANEKA AVE Y;
SENECA PL Y;
SERAND AVE Y;
SHAPEN WAY Y;
SHORE RD Y;
SHREWSBURY AVE Y-From Colonial North;
SMITH ST Y;
SUMMERFIELD AVE P-South side of street;
TECUMSEH AVE P-Nearest Shrewsbury Ave;
TICONDEROGA AVE Y;
WARDELL CI P-Southern Half;
WERAH PL P-West of Itaska;
WINDWARD CT Y;
WINHAR PL P-South of Manitto;
WOODSIDE PL Y;
WYANDOTTE AV P-Both Ends of street;

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Monday's high tides will occur at 10:19 a.m. and 10:40 p.m. Evacuation for Tuesday "will be determined in the next day or so, depending on the storm's position," acccording to a message issued by Oceanport OEM Coordinator Mauro V. Baldanza.

Travel should be limited to emergency personnel only, the message urged.

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"Once the storm has arrived, first responders will be pulled off the road to await the storms passing," according to Baldanza. "They will not be sent out for rescue operations during that time. Those individuals who have not evacuated must remain in place and await rescue at a later time."


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