VILLAS — The 122-mile Bayshore Heritage Byway map, which captures the “unique natural and historical landscapes along southern New Jersey's western shore” in Salem, Cumberland and Cape May counties, cuts out Villas, Town Bank, the Fishing Creek School and the Naval Air Station Wildwood at the county airport. The byway veers away from the bay after leaving Route 47.
For drivers headed South from the East Point Lighthouse in Cumberland County, the map advises following Route 47, turning right on Railroad Avenue/Seashore Road and staying on that road until the Sunset Boulevard intersection in West Cape May. Lower Township Mayor Michael Beck and 20 residents attended a Bayshore Heritage Byway Corridor Management Plan Workshop Thur., Nov. 17 at the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Service building in Court House hoping to convince planners to including Villas and the airport on the map.
Beck said he spoke at a Lower Township Chamber of Commerce meeting to garner public opinion of the township’s historic areas not being included on the map. “They were unanimous in support,” he said. Prior to the public meeting, Beck said he asked three township historians their opinion of part of the township being bypassed on the byway. Anne Salvatore, John Lauderback and Norris Clark proposed an alternate route for the byway taking Bayshore Road to Breakwater Road to Seashore Road. That route would also include a portion of Middle Township, Bayshore Road along the bay including Norberry’s Landing.
In Villas, the route would include Judge Foster’s home from 1724 on Bayshore Road and the Fishing Creek School. The route would include Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Management Area, the former Ponderlodge property, said Beck. Turning at Breakwater Road would bring motorists to the County Airport to see Naval Air Station Wildwood and the Forgotten Warriors Vietnam Museum, he said. More . . . . . .
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