[AsburyPark] Boardwalk material for tree-huggers and pennypinchers

[JWKeady]

In a message dated 5/16/2005 3:56:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As for the materials used, blame your liberal envormental tree- hugger friends.  The last time a portion of the boardwalk was built stronger wood was used, but there was a frenzy over the wood being from the rain-forest.  The new material used was used to appease them. This issue could have been solved by using the material that Belmar, New Lyme (CT), and a number of other towns used to rebuild their boardwalk.  It is a composite material made of recycled plastic and sawdust.  In the following link it notes (page 1, right hand side) that Asbury Park was to have used this material.  Does anyone know what happened?  It is quite disappointing that we did not go this route on a number of levels.    http://www.rainforestrelief.org/documents/Summer_03_Raindrops.pdf   You can see in the following article that describes this material, that had we gone this route, it would have been cheaper AND better for the environment in the long run.    http://doityourself.com/deck/nonwood.htm   Peace, Jim Keady Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.