{"id":21972,"date":"2023-04-13T04:21:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=21972"},"modified":"2023-04-13T06:01:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T10:01:52","slug":"bricks-new-bike-and-scooter-park-design-approved-heres-what-it-will-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2023\/04\/bricks-new-bike-and-scooter-park-design-approved-heres-what-it-will-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick&#8217;s New Bike and Scooter Park Design Approved: Here&#8217;s What It Will Look Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script id=\"a66847b355b94bd29fcb78aa67ff5075\">(new Image()).src = 'https:\/\/capi.connatix.com\/tr\/si?token=e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0&cid=209cb62d-f20d-41b1-885d-a317d66dc464';  cnx.cmd.push(function() {    cnx({      playerId: \"e6ca17a0-9f6c-402e-8f17-7db2585f0eb0\",      mediaId: \"c9f6de85-c768-4df1-8e6d-c56335bbc0cb\"    }).render(\"a66847b355b94bd29fcb78aa67ff5075\");  });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Brick Township bike and scooter enthusiasts will have a new facility in which to show off their best moves, following a vote by the township council to award a contract for new surfacing and equipment to replace aging equipment at an existing site.<\/p>\n<p>The contract calls for the new park, which will feature curved loops and other equipment designed to help specialized foot-powered bikes and scooters perform tricks and other acrobatics. It will be located at the Drum Point Sports Complex, off Drum Point Road, where the township&#8217;s skate park had previously been located. When the township opened a new skate park across town at Bernie Cooke Memorial Park, its surface was specialized for skateboards only, leaving scooter and bike enthusiasts without access to the fresh, new facility.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21990\" style=\"width: 726px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-23-e1681373991824-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21990\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-23-e1681373991824-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-23-e1681373991824-1.jpg 716w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-23-e1681373991824-1-400x287.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of the bike and scooter park to be built in Brick Township, N.J. (Credit: Township of Brick)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21976\" style=\"width: 802px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21976\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of the bike and scooter park to be built in Brick Township, N.J. (Credit: Township of Brick)\" width=\"792\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233.jpg 792w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233-400x309.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of the bike and scooter park to be built in Brick Township, N.J. (Credit: Township of Brick)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21983\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1082-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21983\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1082-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Brick Township's current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1082-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1082-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1082-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1082-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1082-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brick Township&#8217;s current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21988\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1087-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21988\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1087-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Brick Township's current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1087-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1087-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1087-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1087-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1087-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brick Township&#8217;s current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21985\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1084-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21985\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1084-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Brick Township's current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1084-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1084-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1084-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1084-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1084-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brick Township&#8217;s current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The township&#8217;s answer was to take the old skate park at the sports complex, designate it as the bike and scooter park, and eventually upgrade it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just got the drawing from the state contract vendor,&#8221; said township Business Administrator Joanne Bergin. &#8220;It took us a long time to find somebody, because we didn\u2019t want to have an engineer design the entire thing \u2013 it\u2019s mostly just a straight replacement of the type of material you need for bikes and scooters, which is different than skateboards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The township ultimately found a design that would fit \u2013 both physically and within budget \u2013 from a state cooperative vendor that is pre-designed and can simply be built without costly engineering studies and bespoke design elements.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21976\" style=\"width: 802px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21976\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of the bike and scooter park to be built in Brick Township, N.J. (Credit: Township of Brick)\" width=\"792\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233.jpg 792w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233-400x309.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-233-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of the bike and scooter park to be built in Brick Township, N.J. (Credit: Township of Brick)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21977\" style=\"width: 802px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-234.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21977\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-234.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of the bike and scooter park to be built in Brick Township, N.J. (Credit: Township of Brick)\" width=\"792\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-234.jpg 792w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-234-400x309.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-234-768x593.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rendering of the bike and scooter park to be built in Brick Township, N.J. (Credit: Township of Brick)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21987\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1086-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21987\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1086-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"Brick Township's current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1086-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1086-400x224.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1086-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1086-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1086-2048x1146.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brick Township&#8217;s current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21984\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1083-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21984\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21984\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1083-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Brick Township's current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1083-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1083-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1083-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1083-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1083-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brick Township&#8217;s current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_21986\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1085-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21986\" class=\"size-large wp-image-21986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1085-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Brick Township's current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1085-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1085-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1085-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1085-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brick_scooter_bike_park_1085-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brick Township&#8217;s current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Bikes and scooters were shut out from [Bernie Cooke], so we really wanted to create this place,&#8221; Bergin said. &#8220;We have the drawing, we awarded the contract tonight, and we don\u2019t need a pre-construction meeting because it\u2019s really a straight-drop replacement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Work on the new park is expected to proceed quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The construction can get started as soon as the paperwork comes back to us,&#8221; Bergin said.<\/p>\n<p>The council unanimously voted in favor of awarding the $418,036 contract for the facility to American Ramp Company, of Joplin, Mo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2023\/04\/bricks-new-bike-and-scooter-park-design-approved-heres-what-it-will-look-like\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brick Township bike and scooter enthusiasts will have a new facility in which to show off their best moves, following a vote by the township council to award a contract for new surfacing and equipment to replace aging equipment at an existing site. The contract calls for the new park, which will feature curved loops [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"#Brick #NJ's New #Bike and #Scooter #Park Design Approved: Here's What It Will Look Like","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[4934,24,726,4484,4933],"class_list":["post-21972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-in-brick","tag-bike-park","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-drum-point-sports-complex","tag-featured","tag-scooter-park","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Rendering-4-23-e1681373991824-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-5Io","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}