To the Editor:

Question:When did Long Beach Island become Long Builders Island? Did I miss the memo that made contractors king on this island?

Obviously I’m being facetious here, but it’s not far off the mark when, summer after summer, residents and vacationers have to dodge contractors’ trucks to make their way to the beach, where this summer they’ve had to dodge heavy equipment on the beach. But at least the beach replenishment has a beginning and an end; there is no end to the summers of construction.

September 2, 2015