A program which started on Valentine’s Day in 2004 to make New Jersey roads safer appears to be working. The “Safe Corridors” program raised ticket fees on portions of 12 state highways and used the money to pay for engineering and other changes to reduce accident rates.

A Gannett New Jersey review of data comparing 2004 with 2009, the latest statistics available, shows an overall decline in accidents on those roads.

The largest section, 30 miles of Route 9 from Ocean to Middlesex County, had a 4.25 percent decline. Read more in the Star Ledger.