Yesterday we reported that the Mayor of Seaside attended a meeting for NJ Natural Gas that essentially projected gas lines being operational by the end of the year. Well this morning, NJNG released a statement on their website regarding the ENTIRE barrier island. Read below:

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Crews retired damaged main in Mantoloking, as well as targeted main in Normandy, Chadwick Beach, Lavallette and Ortley. In total, 12 miles of main along the peninsula has been retired. Main anomalies must be addressed before gas can be re-introduced into the system. We expect to begin re-pressurizing our system at our regulator station south of the Mantoloking Bridge on December 3. Barring unforeseen conditions that may delay our work, we anticipate restoring natural gas service by the end of December to all of our customers whose homes have not sustained such major damage that we cannot safely restore their service.
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What’s this mean?

We may very well have gas restored in brand new lines to the WHOLE ISLAND within the next month, absolutely shattering the original 6 to 8 month rumored projections.

Now lets just keep our fingers crossed that we have a very mild winter!