{"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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The township\u2019s 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>\u201cWe just got the drawing from the state contract vendor,\u201d said township Business Administrator Joanne Bergin. \u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s current bike\/scooter park, due to be replaced with new surfacing and equipment. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBikes and scooters were shut out from [Bernie Cooke], so we really wanted to create this place,\u201d Bergin said. \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Work on the new park is expected to proceed quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe construction can get started as soon as the paperwork comes back to us,\u201d 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_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}]}}