WILDWOOD — City officials called for a regional approach to problems related to e-bikes Wednesday as an increasing number of towns seek stricter state regulation of the vehicles.

“Perhaps we need to get together a coalition, because it’s a big problem,” City Commissioner Krista McConnell said in response to a resident’s concerns during a recent meeting.

McConnell cited statements from Ocean City Mayor Jay Gillian and other area officials as indication of an issue that goes beyond Wildwood. Gillian described a bill in committee in the state Assembly that would require electric bikes to be registered and insured.

Current state law approaches the lowest-powered classes of electric bikes the same as bicycles, meaning they can be operated wherever bikes can and do not require a license, or a

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