There’s not a ton of ways to accurately tabulate how many humans put themselves upon LBI during a holiday weekend, but I can confidently say this Memorial Day weekend saw a high-viz tonload of humanity.
The exact number of arriving and departing vehicles is more countable since the Causeway project strategically placed permanent cameras and traffic counters hither and yon. The problem is the devices can’t tally how many souls are seated within each vehicle, at least not hereabouts.
Elsewhere, there is upper-end surveillance equipment being routinely used in a counting capacity.
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