Environmental and transportation officials are reviewing a plan for a walkway that will allow Cedar Bonnet Island residents a safe way to access new sidewalks on the north side of the rebuilt old Causeway for residents living on the south side of the sedge island.

Once approved, the N.J. Department of Transportation will construct the sidewalk, according to Steve Schapiro, DOT deputy director of communications.

For as long as anyone can remember, residents who wished to access the walkway from the south side of Cedar Bonnet Island had to walk in the…