The Belmar skate park should be built now

Please support the skate park in Belmar. Even though money has already been
raised to fund it, seemingly some people in town are trying to push back the
idea of the skate park. Belmar needs a fun, safe environment for the youth
who enjoy the sport of skate boarding. One needs only need to look back just
a few months ago, to our neighbors in Freehold Township; who lost 2 young
teenagers. The two teens were just trying to have good clean fun, and were
tragically killed on a suburban street. If Belmar can afford all the police
calls related to the summer rentals, the bars the renters flock to and even
fight at every weekend in the summer; we can certainly handle the amount of
police calls generated by the skateboarders. A drive down Ocean Avenue will
allow anyone to easily see how much this area is needed; it is extremely
unsafe to be skating off the Belmar boardwalk into 25- 35 mph traffic.
Forcing skaters to the overly crammed side streets is not the answer either.
The safest place for skaters is a place designed especially for them, and
the funds are already available.