Area Police Departments Prep For St. Patrick's Day Parade In Seaside Heights This Weekend

Officers from a number of area police departments will conduct traffic enforcement details on Route 35 and Route 37 on March 11, to deal with the heavy traffic expected from the Seaside Heights St. Patrick's Day parade, Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato said.

The detail perimeters include Route 35 from Seaside Park Borough to Point Pleasant Beach and Route 37 from Seaside Heights to Manchester. The initiative includes 10 Ocean County municipalities that intersect with Route 35 and Route 37.

"This initiative is a pro-active effort to prevent accidents and address traffic violations following the Seaside Heights Saint Patrick's Day parade on the identified detail highways," Coronato said."This safety action will be addressed through three critical components - engineering, education and enforcement."

The participating municipalities include:

Seaside Heights Police Department

Seaside Park Police Department

Toms River Police Department

Lavallette Police Department

Brick Police Department

Mantoloking Police Department

Bay Head Police Department

Point Pleasant Beach Police Department

Manchester Police Department

Lakehurst Police Department

Berkeley Township Police Department

Ocean County Prosecutor's Office

Ocean County Sheriff's Department

NJ State Police Troop "C" Tactical Patrol Unit & D.U.I. Enforcement Patrol

Ocean County Road Department

Ocean County Engineering Department

New Jersey Department of Transportation

New Jersey Division of Highway Safety

Officers will aggressively enforce common causes of crashes and will use automated license plate readers.

Image: Courtesy of Seaside Heights.