Anyone who drives Route 9 with any regularity in Ocean and Monmouth counties knows that much of the roadway is a nightmare for a variety of reasons and one of them was confirmed in a report released Tuesday. When it comes to pedestrian safety Route 9 in Ocean County is the third most dangerous road in the state based on statistics over a three-year period in which 8 pedestrians were killed while Route 9 in Monmouth County was ranked 7th.
These are not the kind of numbers that you brag about and it’s a sad reality that especially in large sections of Ocean County every trip on Route 9 has the potential to be a horror. The report just out yesterday only deals with pedestrian safety which also is a problem for drivers because too many people cross the roadway in places they should not. It puts an added burden on drivers who have enough problems trying to navigate a roadway that was not meant for the volume of traffic we have today. Actually this road has been out of date for decades and despite band-aid attempts it’s not much better and probably never will be.
If you want to get a true picture of how frustrating it is to drive Route 9 then during any busy time try and make a left turn coming out of a store in which you have to cross the road first. Forget it….you can drink a cup of coffee and read the newspaper quicker. Often you get so frustrated that you are forced to turn right onto the roadway and then make a left into a parking lot of some kind before turning around and finally heading in the direction you wanted all along.
Route 9 is lousy for a lot of reasons and we don’t need any reports to tell us that….just drive it daily.
The game time weather for the resumption of Game #5 of the World Series tonight in Philadelphia will be more like football weather. The forecast calls for temperatures in the upper 30’s with 15 MPH winds making it feel below freezing. This is no way to decide the best team in baseball.
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