NORTH WILDWOOD – Another development occurred in the legal and engineering issues which has become known as the Marina Bay Towers case. The ongoing case of McNamara vs. Marina Bay Towers, Urban Renewal 2 will go before Judge Raymond Batten again March 5 – however, the latest disturbances have already caught the attention of the state Attorney General’s office.
The subzero temperatures put a great deal of strain on the East Coast, not to mention the heating system and pipes running through Marina Bay Towers.
Feb. 10, at approximately 8 p.m., a pipe burst somewhere on the sixth floor and several residents were relocated to other units in the building. Allegedly, the hallways and empty units are no longer heated. “Pipes are blowing up,” said Bonnie McNamara. She described the flooding on the sixth floor as “…like a waterfall. It was ungodly.”
Then, on Feb. 11, another pipe burst during the night, water rushed down to the fourth floor and flooded the community room, once described as “lovely.” According to McNamara, no residents actually evacuated the building but relocated to other units in the complex.
McNamara thanked the North Wildwood Fire Department for their quick work. “It must cost them a fortune,” she said.
McNamara said, “Sen. (Jeff) Van Drew (D-1st) is behind us all the way, and Mayor Patrick Rosenello.” She also reported that the representative from the Attorney General’s office filed for a receiver, representing the DCA.
It was asked at the preliminary hearing Feb. 5, “How do we make the building better now? We have inconvenience and unsightliness, but major repairs can only be done under a reconstruction act.”
The defense stated that if a receiver were put in place, more problems would be created. “It is not an easy mosaic to put together,” the defense submitted.
Ken Goldman and Olga Pomar, counsel for the plaintiff, McNamara, said, “We do not ask this lightly.”
If more evidence is required, tenants could testify at a later hearing as well as other inspectors if the court is not satisfied.
To contact Rachel Rogish, email rrogish@cmcherald.com.
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