johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) (11/07/90)
The {Beach Haven (NJ) Times} reports in its October 31st issue on the
new TAT-9 trans-Atlantic cable.
AT&T on October 4th got its permit from the Army Corps of Engineers to
lay the cable through the wetlands under and adjoining Barnegat Bay
and the adjacent coastal waters. The cable parallels the existing
Bermuda cable that runs from the mainland town of Manahawkin under
Barnegat Bay, along Bergen Ave. through Harvey Cedars, which is on
Long Beach Island, a narrow barrier island, and thence out under the
ocean. The new cable will share the existing conduit across the
island, which is important because the dunes at the ocean end of the
street are quite fragile and hard to restore if dug up. AT&T and the
Corps are also required to restore the eel grass in the tidal marshes
on the west side of the bay.
I was closing up my beach cottage in Harvey Cedars last week, and
noticed some peculiar looking equipment tearing up Bergen Ave., which
is a tiny street which runs about 1/4 mile from one side of the island
to the other two blocks from my house. I figured they were doing
maintenance on the Bermuda cable; if I'd know it was TAT-9 I'd have
gone over for a closer look.
TAT-8 runs from Tuckerton on the mainland through Beach Haven, about
10 miles south of TAT-9. I wonder how AT&T chooses their cable
routes?
Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!esegue!johnl