Nearly a year after Central Avenue reopened as a full north-south artery to ease traffic flow, critics say it has only increased cut-throughs and raised speeds on residential roads north of Eighth Street in Ship Bottom, driving borough officials toward a course correction before summer that could inadvertently shift congestion elsewhere.

BLIND SPOT: Designed to address traffic flow concerns at the entrance to LBI, the redesign of Central Avenue has, instead, created a list of safety concerns state transportation officials kicked back to the borough last month. (File Photo by Ryan Morril)

“We know that Seventh Street, at least, has a lot of trouble with traffic,” Mayor William Huelsenbeck said last week.