The Long Beach Township Beach Patrol is responsible for overseeing 12 noncontiguous miles of ocean beach each summer. This requires a lot of staff – nearly 200 lifeguards – and a lot of equipment. Last year, the municipality decided to undertake a project to provide a new building for the patrol, with work wrapping up before Memorial Day.
SUMMERTIME STAFF: Members of the Long Beach Township Beach Patrol gather outside of the newly-constructed facility in Beach Haven Crest. (Supplied Photo)
As township officials explained, the former LBTBP building, behind the public works yard in Beach Haven Crest, was 25 years old, and needed an update.
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