Traffic

So this week I have written a lot about infrastructure and traffic volume here in Ocean County and now we are going to simply ask YOU at home how you feel about the traffic here in Ocean County.

The journey to a safer and smoother ride along I-195 in Ocean and Monmouth Counties is underway.

Your need for speed will be best spent on a high school or college track, because if it's on the roads or you've got the phone to the ear while driving, you will now be more likely to get a ticket on Monmouth County roads.

A driver who felt the need for speed caught the eye of a Toms River Police Officer along Route 35 but it was the occupants of the vehicle tossing bricks of heroin out of the car window that really caught his attention.

The Ocean Avenue Shark River Bridge will be closed for emergency repairs within the next two weeks.

Route 34 in Wall is closed until further notice, NJDOT says.

Ocean County drivers will need to prepare alternate routes if you utilize the Mathis and Tunney Bridge on Route 37 for the next couple weeks.

Jersey Shore drivers are being given a heads up this week as a couple road projects will be affecting people across Monmouth, Ocean and Burlington Counties over the next few days.

A new redesigned traffic signal by the Target and Lowe's shopping center on Hooper Avenue is now operational, according to Ocean County officials and the entire project is near completion.

A Pemberton man with multiple active warrants out for his arrest got into even more trouble when he fled a detective in Union Beach.

The Route 88 Bridge over the Point Pleasant Canal in Point Pleasant will be closed and detoured overnight Monday through Friday for two weeks as the painting project advances.

The new Midstreams Bridge, which crosses over Beaver Dam Creek in Brick, was reopened to traffic on Tuesday.