Urges Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners to name County Route 18 bridge in Monmouth County in honor of Jeffrey Mahon and Jeffrey Hoens.

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SENATE RESOLUTION No. 61

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Urges Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners
to name County Route 18 bridge in Monmouth County in honor of Jeffrey Mahon and
Jeffrey Hoens.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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A Senate
Resolution

urging the Monmouth
County Board of County Commissioners to name the bridge on County Route 18 in
Monmouth County in honor of Jeffrey Mahon and Jeffrey Hoens.

Whereas,

The Legislature has historically named State roadways in honor of citizens in
New Jersey whose lives have touched the State or the community in which the
roadways sit; and

Whereas,

Recognizing the right of county boards of county commissioners to name county
roadways, this House recognizes the jurisdiction that the Monmouth County Board
of County Commissioners has over the bridge between the Borough of Belmar and
the Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea on County Route 18 in Monmouth County, commonly
known as Ocean Avenue; and

Whereas,

The bridge on County Route 18 in Monmouth County, commonly known as Ocean
Avenue, holds particular significance for the families of Jeffrey Mahon and
Jeffrey Hoens; and

Whereas,

Born on July 16, 1960, Jeffrey Mahon was raised in Avon-by-the-Sea, attended
Avon Elementary School, and graduated from Red Bank Catholic High School in
1978 before attending Benedictine College on a football scholarship in
Atchison, Kansas, where he tragically passed away in a motor vehicle accident
at the age of 20 years old; and

Whereas,

Jeffrey Hoens, who was raised in Westfield, New Jersey, was a volunteer
assistant coach for the New Jersey Dare Devils, a hockey team for young people
with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and attended Saint Peter�s
Preparatory School where he was entering his senior year of high school when he
tragically passed away while free diving near the bridge on County Route 18 in
Monmouth County on July 16, 2016; and

Whereas,

The extensive underwater search and rescue mission for Jeffrey Hoens, which
coincided with Jeffrey Mahon�s birthday, was very personal for members of the
Avon-by-the-Sea police department, including Chief of Police Terence Mahon, who
is the brother of Jeffrey Mahon; and

Whereas,

Recognizing that these tragedies have affected the Monmouth County community
and the families that have been connected by these tragedies, it is fitting and
proper that the

bridge on County Route
18 in Monmouth County, commonly known as Ocean Avenue, between the Borough of
Belmar and the Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea be named in honor of Jeffrey Mahon
and Jeffrey Hoens; now, therefore,

����
Be It
Resolved
by the Senate of the State of New
Jersey:

���� 1.��� This House respectfully
urges the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners to name the bridge on
County Route 18 in Monmouth County, commonly known as Ocean Avenue, between the
Borough of Belmar and the Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea in honor of Jeffrey Mahon
and Jeffrey Hoens.

���� 2.��� Copies of this
resolution, as filed with the Secretary of State, shall be transmitted by the
Secretary of the Senate to each member of the Monmouth County Board of County
Commissioners.

STATEMENT

���� This resolution urges the
Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners to name the bridge on County
Route 18 in Monmouth County, commonly known as Ocean Avenue, between the
Borough of Belmar and the Borough of Avon-by-the-Sea in honor of Jeffrey Mahon,
who tragically passed away in a motor vehicle accident and was the brother of
the Avon-by-the-Sea Chief of Police, and Jeffrey Hoens, who tragically passed
away on Jeffrey Mahon�s birthday while free diving near the bridge.