Team Brick Supports Lanes Mill Road Speed Reduction, Calls for Comprehensive Safety Plan

Local Republican reform group says 35 MPH is an important first step, but Brick residents deserve a coordinated plan for school zones, sidewalks, enforcement and pedestrian safety

BRICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. — September 13, 2026 — Team Brick is supporting the decision to lower the speed limit on Lanes Mill Road from 40 mph to 35 mph while calling on Brick Township, Ocean County and the Brick Township Board of Education to work together on a comprehensive traffic and pedestrian safety plan for the corridor.

The Brick Township Council approved the reduction on September 8 following months of concerns from residents about speeding, pedestrian safety and conditions surrounding Brick Memorial High School and Herbertsville Preschool. Lanes Mill Road is an Ocean County roadway.

“Lowering the speed limit to 35 miles per hour is a good decision, and Team Brick supports it,” Team Brick said in a statement. “But changing the number on a speed-limit sign cannot be where the conversation ends. Thirty-five miles per hour is a start. It is not, by itself, a complete safety plan.”

The urgency of those concerns was illustrated on the same morning the council approved the change. According to Brick Township Police, a driver fleeing an officer near Brick Memorial High School reached 73 mph on Lanes Mill Road and nearly struck two school crossing guards before eventually being apprehended.

Residents have also continued to raise concerns about school-zone flashing lights, pedestrian infrastructure, sidewalk gaps, traffic patterns surrounding local schools and the need for long-term coordination among the various government entities responsible for the roadway and surrounding properties. Township officials have said replacement school-zone signage has been ordered and that work is also moving forward on extending pedestrian infrastructure near Brick Memorial.

Team Brick is calling for a coordinated plan that includes:

• A clear timeline for making school-zone flashing lights fully operational.

• Completion of sidewalk and pedestrian-safety improvements along Lanes Mill Road.

• Continued targeted traffic enforcement around Brick Memorial High School, Herbertsville Preschool and other high-risk locations.

• A review of school drop-off and pickup traffic patterns.

• Regular coordination between Brick Township, Ocean County, the Brick Township Police Department and the Board of Education.

• A publicly available timeline so residents can track proposed improvements and their completion.

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“This should not become another situation where the Township says something is the County's responsibility, the County points somewhere else, and residents are left trying to figure out who is responsible,” Team Brick said. “There may legitimately be several different governmental bodies involved, but the people who live here do not care which letterhead is on the solution. They want the problem solved.”

Lanes Mill Road has received heightened attention since the May 19 death of 15-year-old Brick Memorial High School student Jackson Mueller. Residents subsequently appeared before local and county officials seeking measures that included lower speeds, stronger enforcement, better warning signals, sidewalks and other pedestrian-safety improvements. Ocean County also conducted traffic studies of the corridor.

Team Brick emphasized that its position is not intended as criticism of the speed-limit reduction or of the additional traffic enforcement already undertaken by Brick Police.

“When something is good for Brick, we will say so. Lowering the speed limit was a positive step, and the increased efforts of our police officers deserve recognition,” the organization said. “Our position is simple: now finish the job.”

Team Brick believes the issue also illustrates the type of local government the organization wants to promote as it develops its platform ahead of the 2027 Brick Township Council elections.

“Local politics should be about things residents deal with every single day — whether their children can safely get to school, whether their roads are safe, whether their neighborhoods are protected and whether their government follows through,” Team Brick said.

“Every decision should come back to one question: Is this good for the people of Brick?”

About Team Brick

Team Brick is a Brick Township Republican reform movement focused on local accountability, fiscal responsibility, public safety, quality of life and independent local leadership. Team Brick believes local government should answer first to the residents of Brick Township.

Brick First. Built for Brick, Not the Bosses.

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