Comcast will move its customer service trailer in Ocean City to a new location on Shelter Road by Memorial Day Weekend, according to a company spokesperson.
The temporary Comcast office will move from a city-owned parking lot at Fifth Street and Asbury Avenue to a new city-owned site near the Ocean City Humane Society on Shelter Road, according to Comcast’s Jennifer Bilotta.
Shelter Road is a side street off Tennessee Avenue (which runs off Bay Avenue between 22nd and 23rd streets).
Comcast is being displaced by construction of a new skateboard park that is expected to begin on Monday, May 18.
Comcast maintained an office on West Avenue that was damaged by floodwaters from Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. The cable TV company subsequently applied to the state Board of Public Utilities to close its Ocean City location altogether and to redirect customers to a central office in Pleasantville, 12.7 miles away.
In an effort to maintain convenient services for property owners in town, the City of Ocean City agreed to let Comcast set up trailers at no cost on the city-owned property. A similar deal is expected to continue at the new site. (Read more: City Offers to Extend Free Ride for Comcast.)
Ocean City Business Administrator Jim Mallon did not return calls for comment on the details of the new arrangement.
