The organizers of a bus protest in Lakewood succeeded in clogging Route 9 and adjoining streets on Wednesday morning.

Traffic lined up in Lakewood during bus action (The Lakewood Scoop)
Traffic lined up in Lakewood during bus action (The Lakewood Scoop)
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Parents were urged to bring their children to school instead of taking a bus during the drill.

Talks between the Task Force, police and politicians had progressed to discuss alternatives to the program that costs Lakewood $4 million a year. But it was not enough to postpone the drill another day

Despite the presence of the Ocean County Sheriff's Department to assist with traffic control, the delays started after 8:30 a.m., according to New Jersey Fast Traffic with the intersection of Routes 9 and 88 backed up for several miles.

"It wasn't as bad as I feared, but I wouldn't want to do this every day," parent Mendal Steinberg told the Asbury Park Press.. "I think people are not leaving at the same time, but are trying to spread it out."

Traffic will again snarl Lakewood on Wednesday afternoon as parents pick up their children; the protest is scheduled to continue one more day on Thursdsay.

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