I'll go into Carteret proper maybe twice a week because I don't like the traffic. Actually we're thinking of moving because we've had enough. The tangle reappears again at 5 p.m. because of evening rush-hour. From sunrise to sunset, the Turnpike is alive with traffic spilling into Carteret. The authority considers Interchange 12 busy but not a problem for concern.
Local residents have a hard time believing that.
Some worry about the problems the traffic causes for emergency services. They wonder how ambulances and fire trucks make it through the traffic. Carteret is just becoming too congested.