{"id":18832,"date":"2021-10-16T17:58:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T21:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=18832"},"modified":"2021-10-16T17:58:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T21:58:43","slug":"traffic-lights-blinking-speed-limits-raised-on-barrier-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2021\/10\/traffic-lights-blinking-speed-limits-raised-on-barrier-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Lights Blinking, Speed Limits Raised on Barrier Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-Y14Qigdb-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/Y14Qigdb?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Barrier island residents likely noticed the beginning of the transition to higher speed limits along Route 35 last week, and by Saturday afternoon, the official switch to blinking lights has been completed.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists, every year, are reminded by local officials to take notice of the flashing lights in order to exercise caution \u2013 as well as avoid stopping unnecessarily on the highway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9833\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DJI_0528.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9833\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9833\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DJI_0528-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A traffic light blinks at Ortley Avenue in Lavallette, Oct. 16, 2021. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A traffic light blinks at Ortley Avenue in Lavallette, Oct. 16, 2021. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9834\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DJI_0536.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9834\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9834\" src=\"https:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DJI_0536-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A speed limit sign along Route 35. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A speed limit sign along Route 35. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A few lights along Route 35 remain active year-round, including Washington Avenue in Lavallette where borough hall and Lavallette Elementary School are located, plus throughout Seaside Heights.<\/p>\n<p>Speed limits island-wide were increased over a week ago to their non-summer standards. Most of Route 35 is now limited to 40 or 45 m.p.h.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2021\/10\/traffic-lights-blinking-speed-limits-raised-on-barrier-island\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrier island residents likely noticed the beginning of the transition to higher speed limits along Route 35 last week, and by Saturday afternoon, the official switch to blinking lights has been completed. Motorists, every year, are reminded by local officials to take notice of the flashing lights in order to exercise caution \u2013 as well [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[77,24,4484,4436,2381],"class_list":["post-18832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-in-brick","tag-barrier-island","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-featured","tag-speed-limit","tag-traffic-light","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DJI_0528.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-4TK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}