What Would You Build in Ocean City?

Ocean City, NJ - Earlier this week, Ocean City Patch asked our Facebook readers what they would build or fix in town if they were given $1 million.

Readers from across the area responded with answers varying from new playgrounds, renovated high schools and improved hospitals.

Also early this week, U.S. News and World Report released its list of the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals Across the Country. The hospitals were ranked in terms of “clinical outcomes,” “efficient coordination of care,” and “care-related resources.”

The publication periodically releases lists regarding the best schools in the country as well as most livable cities. Many of the things that make a town or city ‘livable’ are resources and public spaces i.e. good schools, roads, parks, libraries, etc. Not surprisingly, these were many of things readers said they would build or fix in their town if granted $1 million to do so.

Here’s what your neighbors said they would build in Ocean City:

• "Pave the alleys behind our homes- they are a disgrace. I would start in the South End. Our sewers are still filled with sand from the hurricane and floods on every rain."
• "Affordable housing!"
• "I'd fix the parking situation. There is so much being built that cannot accommodate all the cars. I can't even get a spot in front of my own home. We no longer go to the boardwalk for dinner because there is no place to park."
• "I'd rebuild the 59th St. Fishing Pier."
• "I would start a buggy service provided by the city to take people to and from the beach. Modeled after the service provided by the city of Margate. What a benefit to the residents and visitors."
• "Tram cars for us seniors and the handicap to use on the Boardwalk so we could go all over the boards."
• "About some nice restrooms scattered through town by the beach. Very hard to find a beach spot with restrooms."
• "Rain gardens and other landscapes to help control flooding."
• "Trim the trees OC requires that grow and block stop signs. Erect signs so bicyclists know the rules of the road."
• "Free parking and no meters because soon there will be meters in front of every house."

What would you build or renovate in Ocean City if you had $1 million? Let us know on our Facebook page.

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