Homeowners on West Alabama Avenue in Long Beach Township are not happy. Alabama Avenue – 99th Street – was chosen as the point on Long Beach Island where New Jersey Natural Gas will install a secondary natural gas distribution main, an approximately 14,700-foot, directionally-drilled, 12-inch main that crosses under the bay and connects to the end of Dock Road in West Creek.

Last week, residents of this block in the Beach Haven Park section of the township met with representatives from NJNG to…