BRIGANTINE, NJ-“We have lots of challenges.  One of our challenges now is to get back to normalcy,” said New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at a press conference here yesterday, after he and President Obama toured some of the state’s most affected areas here. The governor further explained that his office is “coordinating” with FEMA in order to ensure people and businesses receive the help that they need as soon as possible.

Currently in the state, some of the most heavily-used transportation routes are still out due to extreme flooding in Jersey City, Newport and Hoboken – the latter had to bring in the National Guard to help resident. Atlantic City is dark and, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, won’t see its casinos to open until today at the earliest. The article further included a quote from Tony Rodio, president of the Casino Association of New Jersey who said that, “no decision has yet been made since there is still a state of emergency,” during a conference call yesterday.

President Obama weighed in on the status of the state’s transportation and infrastructure, explaining that it would be a priorty to ensure people could get to and from work. “ Obviously, there are a lot of folks in Jersey who work in New York…and in other places where transportation may be hobbled.  One of the things I mentioned to the Governor is the possibility of us using federal assets, military assets, as well as taking inventory of assets from around the country that can be brought in so that we can help people get to their work,” he said.

However, he wanted to remind everyone to have “realistic expectations” of when everything will be up and running. “I don’t want anybody to feel that somehow this is all going to get cleaned up overnight,” he added.

Yesterday, Globest.com reported on the state of industrial commercial real estate users in the Meadowlands and Jersey City have experienced worries about the market and a return to normalcy.