The Long Beach Island Health Department has temporarily relocated from its Haven Beach location to the multipurpose room on the second floor of the Long Beach Township Municipal Complex building, located at 6805 Long Beach Blvd. in Brant Beach. All of the department’s services are still available Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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| Photo by Jack Reynolds The LBI Health Dept. is temporarily working out of the LBT Municipal Complex building until it can find a new permanent location. |
The department had to relocate immediately following Superstorm Sandy, as its original building had suffered significant floodwater damage.
“The water not only came through the side doors and entryway doors into the building, but also through the basement and up through the heating ducts. So there was a considerable amount of waste material in there,” stated Tim Hilferty, director of the health department. “Because we rent the facility and because of the substantial damage to the other parts of the infrastructure with the heating system and things like that, the owner of the property has decided it would be in the best interest of everybody for the health department to try to find another (permanent) location.”
He said they expect to be working out of the municipal building for at least another month or two. Plans to find a new site are under way. The organization has applications in with FEMA to work out of trailers, possibly near the Acme supermaket complex in Beach Haven Park, where they could stay for at least 12 to 18 months until they can find a permanent location.
For more information about the LBI Health Department, visit lbihealth.com or call 609-492-1212.
This article was published in The SandPaper.
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