{"id":10685,"date":"2017-03-24T00:44:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T04:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=10685"},"modified":"2017-03-24T03:34:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T07:34:15","slug":"brick-asks-county-to-install-left-turn-signal-at-two-dangerous-intersections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/03\/brick-asks-county-to-install-left-turn-signal-at-two-dangerous-intersections\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Asks County to Install Left Turn Signal at Two Dangerous Intersections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The intersection of Route 88 and Van Zile Road, Brick. (Credit: Google Maps)<\/p><\/div>\n

Brick Township has made a request to Ocean County, asking officials to consider adding left turn signals to aid traffic at two intersections \u2013 one that is accident-prone and one where traffic backs up on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

The first intersection in question is an oddly-designed location where three roads converge: Herbertsville Road, Lanes Mill Road and Thiele Road. Some residents have requested a left turn signal from Herbertsville Road onto Lanes Mill, as traffic often backs up and cars use the right lane \u2013 which is also used by residents turning right onto Thiele Road \u2013 to get around the vehicles turning left. According to local residents the intersection is particularly accident-prone between the lack of a left turn signal and drivers who frequently ignore a \u201cno turn on red\u201d sign posted on Lanes Mill Road, which bans turn onto Herbertsville during red lights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat request is going to go through the county,\u201d said Mayor John Ducey, since both Herbertsville and Lanes Mill roads are county roads. \u201cThey may take it up in this term, or we may have to wait until next February.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second intersection where a left turn signal has been requested is Route 88 and Van Zile road. Traffic, on a daily basis, backs up on Route 88 as cars line up to make left turns onto Van Zile. Brick officials have requested a left turn signal, and will partner with the county to lobby the state to install one since Route 88 is a state highway.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s difficult \u2013 you can only get one car through there and it\u2019s usually on the yellow, if not the red light,\u201d Ducey said. \u201cThe lane is already there, and we only need that signal and it should clear things up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The county has offered to take the lead in pushing the state for the left turn signal there, Ducey said.<\/p>\n

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