{"id":9520,"date":"2024-02-05T04:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=9520"},"modified":"2024-02-05T04:25:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:25:02","slug":"new-speed-limits-stop-signs-proposed-for-numerous-toms-river-roadways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2024\/02\/new-speed-limits-stop-signs-proposed-for-numerous-toms-river-roadways\/","title":{"rendered":"New Speed Limits, Stop Signs Proposed for Numerous Toms River Roadways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 25 m.p.h. speed limit sign. (Credit:
Chad Kainz\/ Flickr\/ Creative Commons)<\/p><\/div>\n

Before spiraling out of control<\/a> as technical issues wreaked havoc on a Toms River Township council meeting last week, members of the governing body were able to introduce several ordinances aimed at traffic safety \u2013 specifically, adding stop signs to a number of intersections and reducing speed limits on several roads.<\/p>\n

The council introduced four traffic-related ordinances at its Jan. 31 meeting. The ordinances will be subject to a public hearing and second vote before adoption; it was not clear if the ordinances would need to be re-introduced since some members of the public were unable to view the first 15 minutes of the online-only meeting, when the measures were taken up by the council.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the legal implications that may come from the dysfunction of the meeting, the ordinances were introduced routinely.<\/p>\n

Speed Limits Reduced<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two of the four ordinances reduce speed limits on township roadways.<\/p>\n

Hovsons Boulevard, off Hooper Avenue and north of Church Road, is currently divided into two zones, and will be collapsed into a single zone. The speed limit for the entire roadway will be reduced to 25 m.p.h.<\/p>\n

Likewise, Yorktowne Boulevard \u2013 a nearby road in the northernmost point of town \u2013 will have its speed limit reduced to 25 m.p.h. for its entire length.<\/p>\n

Stop Signs on the Way<\/strong><\/p>\n

The remaining two ordinances revolved around the installation of stop signs.<\/p>\n

The first would place a stop sign at Hickory Hill Road at the intersection Harbor View Lane. The intersection is located on an oblong-shaped group of streets in the Green Island neighborhood in the township’s Silverton section.<\/p>\n

The second stop sign measure brought the council back to Yorktowne Boulevard. There, stop signs will be placed at Yorktowne Boulevard And Mount Carmel Boulevard from all approaches.<\/p>\n

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