Motorists rerouting themselves from traffic snarls on Central Avenue in Ship Bottom onto mostly residential streets has had homeowners demanding a ban on left turns onto those roads, saying the N.J. Department of Transportation’s promise to install trailblazing signs steering drivers to make a series of only right turns to access Eighth Street doesn’t begin address the issue of safety.

The residential streets in question are just north of Eighth Street, the sole exit point for all of Long Beach Island.