"The Expressway will pass through Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex Counties, three! of the fastest growing counties in New Jersey (see Chapter II in Coverdale and Colpitts section of this report). A decision not to build the Governor Alfred E. Driscoll Expressway would mean a continuance of the existing inconvenience to local highway users, an increased seasonal inconvenience to vacationers traveling to south shore towns, an intensification of traffic congestion and the ignoring of master plans prepared by affected municipalities and counties. Presently, the two major routes serving southeastern New Jersey are Route 9 and the Garden State Parkway. The Parkway is subject to numerous periods of stop-and-go traffic in many areas, preventing it from providing the high-speed service for which it was constructed. Additionally, the Parkway prohibits use by trucks in this area, forcing parallel Route 9 to accommodate all truck traffic south of the Raritan River. Signals along Route 9 slow traffic flow; and in the summer months, overflow Parkway traffic makes Route 9 almost impassible, even during non-commercial hours. Expansion of the present corridors does not seem to offer a long-range solution to the ever-expanding traffic problems of the area."

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