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NJ Rev Stat § 27:15A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15A-2 - Application by board of chosen freeholders

27:15A-2. Application by board of chosen freeholders  The board of chosen freeholders of any county, in which any such damage was caused to the public roads or public bridges of the county, may file an application for such State assistance with the State Highway Commissioner. L.1946, c. 301, p. 1002, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15A-3 - Application; plans and specifications

27:15A-3. Application; plans and specifications  Such application shall contain a brief description of such damage to the public roads or public bridges and shall be accompanied by plans and specifications for the repair of the damage, or the replacement of such roads or bridges, or in accordance with which such damage was repaired or the same replaced, which said plans and specifications shall have been approved by the county engineer of the county affected. L.1946, c. 301, p. 1002, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15A-4 - Approval or disapproval within thirty days

27:15A-4. Approval or disapproval within thirty days  The State Highway Commissioner, within thirty days from the date of the filing of any such application by any county so affected, shall either approve the same or disapprove and return the same with reasons for disapproval after which the application may be resubmitted by the county to which it has been returned and may be acted upon in the same manner as if originally filed in the amended or corrected form. L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15A-5 - Certification of amount set aside; limitation

27:15A-5. Certification of amount set aside; limitation  Upon the approval of any such application, the State Highway Commissioner is hereby empowered and authorized in his discretion to certify the amount of State moneys which he will set aside, and pay to the said county, for or on account of the repair or replacement of such roads or bridges up to an amount not exceeding seventy-five per centum (75%) of the total cost thereof. L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15A-6 - Commissioner to supervise or approve work

27:15A-6. Commissioner to supervise or approve work  All work undertaken under this chapter by any county and approved by the State Highway Commissioner shall be done under the supervision and control of the State Highway Commissioner or, if already performed, shall be approved by him and no funds shall be disbursed except with, and upon, the approval of the State Highway Commissioner. L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:15A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:15A-7 - Expenditures authorized; filing of resolution

27:15A-7. Expenditures authorized; filing of resolution  Upon the approval of any application herein contemplated by the State Highway Commissioner, the board of chosen freeholders of any such county may by resolution authorize the expenditure and disbursement by the county treasurer of the difference between the total cost of such repairs and the amount of State assistance certified by the State Highway Commissioner for such repairs, irrespective of whether or not any funds shall have been appropriated for said purpose in the budget of said county during the year when said application shall have been approved by the State Highway Commissioner. A copy of such resolution, certified by the clerk to the board of chosen freeholders of any such county, shall be filed with the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance within three days after passage and no further approval for the expenditure of the funds in such resolution shall be necessary from the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance. L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-1 - County powers

27:16-1. County powers  The governing body of any county may:  a. Lay out and open such free public roads in the counties as it may deem useful for the accommodation of travel between two or more communities;  b. Acquire roads and highways, or portions thereof, within the limits of the county; c. Widen, alter, straighten, and change the grade or location of any road or highway under its control, or any part thereof; d. Improve, pave, repave, surface or resurface, repair and maintain any road or highway under its control, either in whole or in part;  e. Protect any road or highway under its control, or any part thereof, by the construction of sewers, drains, culverts, receiving basins, jetties, bulkheads, seawalls, or other means and devices, either in or on the road or highway or on land adjacent thereto;  f. Light, beautify and ornament any road or highway under its control, or any part thereof and, in any county where a county park commission does not exist, construct and maintain along any road or highway where it touches upon a navigable stream, a public park for recreation purposes, as well as public docks and wharves, but the cost of the park and docks and wharves shall not exceed $100,000;  g. Vacate any road or highway under its control, or any portion thereof, that may be unnecessary for public travel; h. Lay out and open or acquire limited access highways as defined in section 1 of P.L. 1945, c. 83 (C. 27:7A-1) and subject to the terms of that law; and  i. For roads and highways under its control adopt an access management code which satisfies the standards embodied in the access code adopted by the Commissioner of Transportation under section 3 of the "State Highway Access Management Act," P.L. 1989, c. 32 (C. 27:7-91). This code shall comply with the provisions of the "State Highway Access Management Act," and provide reasonable access by abutting landowners to roads and highways.  Where any building or other structure has or shall have been erected or constructed upon any portion of a road or highway under its control, such portion of the road or highway may be vacated or the continuance of such building or structure in its location authorized for such period as may be deemed advisable, if the portion of such road or highway so occupied be declared by the board to be unnecessary for public travel.  Amended L. 1989, c. 32, s. 22.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-2 - Acquisition of roads and real estate; procedure

27:16-2. Acquisition of roads and real estate; procedure  The board of chosen freeholders may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, any public road, toll road, private road or byroad, or any portion thereof, or any real estate, or interest therein, for any of the purposes set forth in section 27:16-1 of this title. Action in respect thereto shall be by resolution designating the road, real estate, or interest therein, to be acquired, naming the municipality or municipalities in which it shall be situate or through which it shall extend. To the resolution shall be attached a map or maps showing the road, or real estate, to be acquired, and the lines, location, width and length thereof. A copy of the resolution, together with the map or maps attached, certified by the clerk of the board shall, within thirty days after the adoption of the resolution, be filed in the office of the county clerk for public inspection.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-3 - Acquisition of roads; hearing and notice

27:16-3. Acquisition of roads; hearing and notice  After the resolution and map or maps shall have been filed with the county clerk, the board shall give public notice in two or more newspapers printed and circulating in the county, one of which shall be in a newspaper circulating in the municipality or municipalities where the proposed road is to be located, of the filing of the resolution and map or maps for public inspection. The notice shall state the time and place, when and where, the board will meet to consider the proposed improvement. The notice shall be printed at least ten days prior to the time fixed for the meeting. At the time and place designated in the notice, the board shall meet for the purpose of hearing and considering any objection to the proposed improvement which may be presented by any person interested therein.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-4 - Maps revised; originals voided

27:16-4. Maps revised; originals voided  After hearing and considering any objections which may be presented, the board may adopt the map or maps, or alter, revise, correct or change them or abandon the improvement. If the board shall alter, revise, correct or change the map or maps, it shall file an altered, revised or corrected map or maps in the office of the county clerk, and those originally filed shall be marked void by the county clerk.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-5 - Municipal roads taken over by county; consent; resolutions

27:16-5. Municipal roads taken over by county; consent; resolutions  A road, or portion thereof, owned or controlled by one or more municipalities, may be taken over by the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which it is located. Upon filing in the office of the county clerk a resolution of the board of chosen freeholders providing for the taking over of any such road, or portion thereof, accompanied by a resolution of the body having charge of the roads and highways in each of such municipalities consenting to the taking over of such road or highway, or portion thereof, located in the respective municipalities, the road or highway, or portion thereof, designated in the resolution, shall become a county road. The resolution may provide for the taking over of several roads or portions thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-6 - Maintenance of roads; easements and rights of way

27:16-6. Maintenance of roads; easements and rights of way  The duty of maintaining and keeping in repair every road so laid out and opened, taken over, or acquired, shall devolve exclusively upon the board of chosen freeholders, and all other duties and all powers respecting such road shall be imposed upon and be vested in it, but when a road is acquired in accordance with section 27:16-5 of this title nothing herein contained shall divest any municipality in which the road or any portion thereof may be, or through which it may extend, of its authority to light such road, or its power to construct, grade, curb, pave or repair the sidewalks and curbs along it, nor shall this power of the municipalities divest the board of chosen freeholders of its right to construct across or under the sidewalks of the road the necessary culverts or other structures for the proper drainage, protection and maintenance of the road. The board of chosen freeholders shall not grant an easement, right of way, or use in, under or over, any portion of a county road in a municipality, unless the governing body of the municipality, or the board of public utility commissioners, shall consent thereto. When, in connection with any such grant, the consent of property owners is required by law, it shall be obtained before such grant of any such easement, right of way or use.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-7 - Width of roads fixed

27:16-7. Width of roads fixed  The board of chosen freeholders shall establish and determine the width of the roadway of all roads under its control.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-8 - County to maintain road to full width

27:16-8. County to maintain road to full width  The board of chosen freeholders shall maintain every road laid out, opened, taken over, or acquired by it, between the curb lines, and keep it in repair, safe and convenient for travel during all seasons of the year.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-9 - Survey of road prior to improvement or repair

27:16-9. Survey of road prior to improvement or repair  Before the board of chosen freeholders shall commence the improvement or repair of a road it shall cause a survey thereof to be made, and plans and specifications of the work to be done thereon shall be prepared. This section shall not apply where ordinary or minor repairs are to be made.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-10 - Improvements; plans and specifications; bids and contracts

27:16-10. Improvements; plans and specifications; bids and contracts  The board of chosen freeholders of any county contemplating the improvement of a road shall designate the kind of material to be used, adopt plans and specifications therefor, and advertise for proposals for doing the work under the plans and specifications adopted and with the materials designated. It may solicit bids for the work before the passage of a resolution providing for the improvement, and announce the bids at the meeting of the board at which the resolution is considered, and may award a contract under such bids at the meeting at which the resolution providing for the improvement is adopted, or at another regular, special or adjourned meeting.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-11 - Matters affecting several parts of road included as single proceeding

27:16-11. Matters affecting several parts of road included as single proceeding  When proceedings are taken for the laying out, opening, alteration or vacation of any road, and such road shall consist of several parts or pieces which although not directly connecting have the same general direction, or a general bearing or relation to each other, or when the road shall consist of several parts or branches which do connect, all of the parts, pieces or branches may be laid out, opened, altered or vacated in the same set of papers or proceedings.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-12 - Extraordinary repairs; state aid; procedure where state refuses aid; bonds

27:16-12. Extraordinary repairs; state aid; procedure where state refuses aid; bonds  When a county road is in need of extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction, the public body of the county charged with its care shall prepare specifications and any plans and cross sections necessary to explain and describe the extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction, contemplated, and forward them to the state highway commissioner. The specifications, plans and cross sections may include and provide for a paved surface of a type different from the existing road, either in materials or method of construction, or in width, and may also include and provide for guttering, curbing, the substantial reduction of grades or other matters incidental or appurtenant to the paved surface. The commissioner may in his discretion approve of such specifications, plans and cross sections, and certify the amount of state moneys he will set aside for the repair of such roads. On its approval and issue of certificate, as provided in article 2 of chapter 14 of this title (s. 27:14-2 et seq.) such public body shall advertise for bids and otherwise proceed as directed by said article 2. If the commissioner shall fail, for thirty days after the receipt by him of the specifications, plans and cross sections, to certify and set apart any state moneys for such extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction, or shall within said thirty days, notify such public body of his refusal or inability to make such appropriation, the public body may forthwith proceed to make the extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction to such road, in accordance with the specifications, plans and cross sections submitted, and may award a contract for the doing of the work, after having first advertised for bids therefor as provided in chapter 25 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:25-1 et seq.). The extraordinary repair shall be made or the road shall be reconstructed, or construction undertaken under the supervision of the engineer of the county. If the county shall not have sufficient funds with which to pay for the cost of such extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction, or its share thereof, such public body of the county may issue certificates of indebtedness and bonds in the manner provided by law in a sum not exceeding the amount of the cost of such extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction or its share thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-13 - Protection of roads near tidewater; acquisition of lands

27:16-13. Protection of roads near tidewater; acquisition of lands  If a county road is in danger of being damaged or destroyed by tidewaters the board of chosen freeholders may by a two-thirds vote, acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation, lands and meadows adjacent to the road and maintain the banks along such lands and meadows for the protection and preservation of the road. If an income can be derived from any land so acquired it shall be paid to the county treasurer. Condemnation proceedings, when resorted to, shall be brought in accordance with the provisions of article 2 of this chapter (s. 27:16-42 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-14 - Agreement with land owners to maintain banks

27:16-14. Agreement with land owners to maintain banks  In lieu of acquiring lands and meadows under the provisions of section 27:16-13 of this title, the board may, by a two-thirds vote, contract with the owner, possessor or holder of adjacent lands and meadows to maintain the banks and ditches along, upon and over the adjacent lands or meadows for the protection of county roads. The amount agreed upon as the county's share for such maintenance shall be paid from the county funds appropriated for road maintenance.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-15 - Widening certain roads; contracts with railway companies; grade crossing elimination

27:16-15. Widening certain roads; contracts with railway companies; grade crossing elimination  When a county road is not built and improved to its authorized or full width and in the judgment of the board of chosen freeholders it is desirable that it be so built and improved for the accommodation of public travel, the board may, upon the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of all its members, so build and improve it. If a street railway company has its rails laid on the road or any part thereof, the board may enter into an agreement with the company whereby the company, in consideration of the work being undertaken, will bear and pay a portion of the cost thereof. If the road is crossed by a steam railroad at grade the board may enter into an agreement with the railroad company owning or operating such steam railroad and the street railway company using the road, to change the grade of the road or tracks of the steam railroad and abolish the grade crossing, in the manner provided by law, and the funds for these purposes shall be raised by the board in the manner provided by section 27:16-19 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-16 - Bidding required

27:16-16. Bidding required  If the cost of the improvement contemplated by section 27:16-15 of this Title exceeds the amount set forth in or the amount calculated by the Governor pursuant to, R.S. 27:2-1, bids shall be invited for the performance thereof by publication in one or more newspapers in the county, for two weeks prior to the time appointed for receiving the bids. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall furnish good and sufficient security for the performance thereof, to the satisfaction of the board of chosen freeholders.  Amended by L. 1959, c. 110, p. 520, s. 2; L. 1985, c. 469, s. 4, eff. Jan. 16, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-17 - Contract; parties; contribution by railway company

27:16-17. Contract; parties; contribution by railway company  The contract for the work may be made between the board of chosen freeholders and the successful bidder, in which event the railway company shall execute an agreement to pay its share from time to time to the board as the payments mature, or the contract may be made in the names of the board, the railway company and the successful bidder, whereby the board and the company shall each agree to pay directly to the contractor its share of the cost.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-18 - Rights of company unaffected

27:16-18. Rights of company unaffected  By executing such agreement the railway company shall not acquire any superior rights in the road or any further or other rights than it possessed at the time of the execution of the agreement or the board may by law have power to grant.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-19 - Bond issue

27:16-19. Bond issue  If the board of chosen freeholders has not sufficient funds on hand available for the purpose it may issue bonds to pay the cost of the improvement or its share thereof. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-20 - Certain roads located in adjoining county; construction; consent required

27:16-20. Certain roads located in adjoining county; construction; consent required  The board of chosen freeholders of any county may maintain, construct and repair a road located in an adjoining county where it is a continuation of a county road and leads to an institution conducted and controlled by the first mentioned county, if the board of chosen freeholders of the county wherein the road is situated shall first consent thereto.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:16-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:16-21 - Bond issue

27:16-21. Bond issue  For the purpose of providing the money necessary for the construction of the road contemplated by section 27:16-20 of this title the board of chosen freeholders may issue bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).