Henry Hudson Trail Storm Damage Photos in Atlantic Highlands
The county parks system says it will be a challenge to repair the popular trail segment between Atlantic Highlands Marina and Highlands.
At a recent meeting of Monmouth County Park trail enthusiasts, Park Manager Ken Thoman showed slides of the damage Sandy wrought on the popular Henry Hudson Trail Oct. 29 and lamented, "What are we going to do?" The breathtakingly scenic route, alongside the sailboat-studded Sandy Hook Bay, is lost. This almost-secret oasis between the Atlantic Highlands Marina and the Highlands border at Popamora Point, established in 2009, where strolling couples, joggers, cyclists, dog walkers and deep thinkers could escape from suburbia, will remain closed indefinitely due to storm damage. Lovely wooden bridges that took nature lovers through the trees and along the shoreline have been violently smashed. Trails are in littered with fallen trees and …
Chris Johnsom
9:34 am on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Why is this so difficult? It's two wooden bridges and some crushed stone. They built the Great Wall of China by hand and we can't put in two wooden footpaths and dump some crushed stone 10 miles from New York City? Sounds like we have a bit of "lack of will" going on here. more ›