Hurricane Evacuation Drill From Barnegat To LBI

BARNEGAT, NJ — Route 72 from Barnegat to Ship Bottom will have increased State Police presence Thursday, June 6 during hurricane evacuation drills. The New Jersey Department of Transportation is managing the annual emergency exercise to practice and refine responses to a major hurricane.

No roads will be closed during the drill. But motorists can expect to see increase State Police and NJDOT work crew presence along several highways. Use caution.

It was not immediately clear when the drills would begin or end. The Route 72 drill runs from mile post 13.8 in Barnegat to about mile post 29 in Ship Bottom.

The main purpose of the exercise is setting up a contra flow on highways, reversing traffic on a section of the roadway to travel the opposite directions. Crews will stage cones, barrels and message boards in designated locations but will not be deploying the materials.

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