Weeks after Longport addressed residents’ concerns about rats making the Beach Patrol boathouse and bayfront park their home, Mayor Nicholas Russo issued a statement on the borough’s website confirming that the rats have found new homes in other locations.

Downbeach.com reported on July 18 that the borough had taken steps to address the problem and their efforts were proving to be successful in evicting the rats from their burrows at the base of the boathouse.

Although rats and other rodents are indicative of shore living in a town with water on three sides, eliminating their feeding source was a big help in getting them to move to other locales.