As part of the final phase of the $312 million expansion and rehabilitation of the Causeway to Long Beach Island, the state Department of Transportation is working with the owner of Hotel LBI on right-of-way issues that include the unresolved Causeway encroachment concern at thewest sideof the property.

The issue came to light last month during a Ship Bottom Land Use Board meeting when it was noted the owner and developer of Hotel LBI, the new 102-room luxury hotel at the site of the former…