LAKEWOOD, NJ – There’s one thing everyone who lives in Ocean County agrees with. Traffic in Lakewood Township is a nightmare most days of the week. The once-rural pinelands resort community has grown in recent decades to a city with over 100,000 residents.
Unfortunately, the road system was never upgraded to accommodate that growth. Tempers flare as congestion slows traffic to a crawl and poorly designed roads are loaded with distracted drivers.
This week, the Lakewood Police Department responded by cracking down on distracted driving after several serious accidents were reported in recent weeks.
Over a 48-hour period, 70 tickets were issued. Most were for cell phone use.