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bandoned homes, some with yards littered with overgrown vegetation, oth-
ers with broken windows or moldy siding, dot the landscape of the Beach
Haven West lagoon community in Stafford. Nearly two years after su-
perstorm Sandy flooded the neighborhood, the dilapidated structures are a
source of concern for residents who have moved back into recently rebuilt
homes and others who are still in the midst of the rebuilding process.
Township officials hope to take advantage of a
state program that provides federal funds to demol-
ish some of the hundreds of houses in Beach Haven
West, Mud City and Cedar Bonnet Island that sit va-
cant and in disrepair. But cleanup will not happen
quickly: Township Adminstrator James A. Moran
said April is the earliest that any homes could be
knocked down.
The township has identified properties that may
be eligible for the demolition program about 300
of them are in Beach Haven West but the final de-
cision is up to each homeowner. Property owners
can choose to participate in the program if offered
the chance, or they can decide not to. Neither the
state nor the municipality can compel a homeowner
to demolish a home unless its deemed in imminent
danger of collapse.
Its an eyesore in the neighborhood, but the situ-
ation for the municipalities is, these people have
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MONDAY 09.29.14
VOLUME 135
NUMBER 233
SINCE 1879
ADVICE C4
BUSINESS A8
CLASSIFIED C6
COMICS C5
LOCAL A3
LOTTERIES A2
OBITUARIES A9
OPINION A11
SPORTS D1
WEATHER D12
SPORTS
YANKS LEGENDS
FINAL HURRAH
Derek Jeter gets a last hit, bids farewell
after 20 years in big leagues. Page D1
BOEHNER: U.S. MAY NEED GROUND TROOPS VS. ISLAMIC GROUP PAGE 1B
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP A 7-year old Howell boy was
killed in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night on Kozloski
Road near Route 33, the second deadly crash on that
roadway in a little more than a month.
The boy was the fourth person to die on the road
since Aug. 19.
The fatal accidents have residents calling for high-
way planners to find a fix for Kozloski Road and
quickly.
Jayoti Kumar, owner of Metro Food, a convenience
store in the Poets Square shopping center near the acci-
dent site, believes something should be done about the
road.
That road is scary, Kumar said.
I have a lot of customers, theyre scared to drive
that road now. They shouldnt wait. I dont want to hear
about any more accidents, the 38-year-old Howell resi-
dent added.
Deputy Mayor Anthony Ammiano said the township
is looking to make changes to the road because it is an
2ND FATAL CRASH
ON KOZLOSKI ROAD
7-year-olds death spurs calls to make road safer
See CRASH, Page A5
Scan the QR
code to see a
video report on the fatal car
accident in Freehold Township. app.com
SHANNON MULLEN AND BRETT BODNER
@MULLENAPP @BRETTBODNER
New Jersey residents appear to want red-light cam-
eras to stick around, according to a Monmouth Univer-
sity/Asbury Park Press poll.
Of those polled, 58 percent want the cameras either
to continue to be used in a limited capacity or to be ex-
panded to every municipality in the state, while 39 per-
cent do not want the five-year pilot program to be con-
tinued when it expires.
While 44 percent of those polled by Monmouth Uni-
versity and the Asbury Park Press agree with the con-
cept of using cameras to issue tickets, 38 percent dis-
approve and 18 percent have no opinion, according to
the poll results.
Public opinion on red-light cameras may be influ-
enced by perceptions of local officials motives for in-
stalling these cameras aside from their potential safety
benefits, said Patrick Murray, director of the Mon-
mouth University Polling Institute.
The Monmouth University/Asbury Park Press Poll
was conducted via telephone with 802 New Jersey
adults from Sept. 17 to 21. It has a margin of error of plus
or minus 3.5 percentage points.
Sixty percent of New Jersey residents believe the
But 60 percent say goal
is revenue not safety
KEVIN PENTN @KEVINPENTONAPP
See CAMERA, Page A5
Poll: Lets keep
red-light cameras
running on roads
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PETER ACKERMAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
At top: An empty home on Joshua Drive in the Beach Haven West section of Stafford. The township hopes to use funding
from a state program to demolish about 300 homes there but the final decision is up to each homeowner.
TIME FOR
WRECKING?
Town wants to help raze Sandy-damaged homes
JEAN MIKLE @JEANMIKLE
4,000
Number of homes in Beach Haven West
1,000+
Number of homes substantially damaged by Sandy
300
Number deemed potentially eligible to be torn down
through the state Unsafe Structures Demolition Program
SOURCE: STAFFORD TOWNSHIP
See HOMES, Page A5