Organizers of the popular LBI Fly International Kite Festival have requested access to Ship Bottom beaches beginning at 11th Street, running southward away from the Causeway Circle area. They had previously asked for the event to be held on the oceanfront beaches between 14th and 24th streets, according to Kathy Wells, borough clerk.

Vehicular access, however, is at 11th Street, she said during the March 26 caucus meeting of the borough council where the kite festival was the only item on the…