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NJ Rev Stat § 27:7A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7A-2 - Limited access highway

27:7A-2. Limited access highway  a. The commissioner shall construct every State highway, or portion thereof, located on new alignment as a limited access highway unless he shall determine that the public interest requires otherwise.  b. When the commissioner or the governing body of a county constructs a limited access highway, the commissioner or governing body shall have authority to arrange with landowners, at the time of purchase of the rights-of-way for such highway or portion thereof, for the control of public or private access or for complete exclusion of direct access of abutters to the highway right-of-way. Such arrangements shall be made part of the purchase contract. In the event that no agreement can be reached between the parties, the commissioner or the governing body of the county shall have the power to acquire said rights of access by condemnation.  c. No right of access exists to a highway constructed on new alignment unless the construction of the highway results in the creation of a remainder parcel of property which has no access to a public street or highway. Arrangements made with landowners for exclusion of direct access by the commissioner, or by the governing body of a county under subsection b. of this section, shall not be subject to compensation unless it is determined that the construction of the highway has had the effect of eliminating all reasonable access to the system of streets and highways from the remainder parcel of land.  L. 1945, c. 83, s. 2; amended 1989, c. 32, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7A-3 - Necessary property

27:7A-3. Necessary property  a. Property needed for any limited access highway is declared to be all those lands or interests therein required for the traveled way together with those lands or interests therein necessary or desirable for service, maintenance and protection of the present and future use of the highway, including those lands or interests therein necessary or desirable in connection with grade separations, connecting roadways at an intersection with another main highway, land between roadways, occasional parking areas, treatment of borders and landscape areas, recreational facilities, parallel service roads and railroad crossing eliminations or relocations, and for those areas referred to in section 8 of this act.  b. Except as provided in subsection c. of this section, the commissioner, with respect to limited access highways under his jurisdiction, and the governing body of a county, with respect to limited access highways under its jurisdiction, shall permit access only from infrequently spaced intersections with public streets and highways. Intersections shall be especially designed to minimize interference with through traffic and shall be located in a manner which facilitates regional access to the highway.  c. The commissioner, or the governing body of the county, as appropriate, may allow construction or continuation of driveway access to a remote or isolated facility owned or operated by a governmental agency or authority or by a public utility or to an agricultural building or land, if the commissioner or governing body determines that the use of the driveway would be infrequent and would not pose a hazard or inconvenience to the public and that the creation or continuation of the driveway would not be in conflict with the purposes of P.L. 1989, c. 32 (C. 27:7-89 et seq.). No driveway access shall be provided to a facility which consists of an establishment providing employment to more than five persons.  L. 1945, c. 83, s. 3; amended 1948,c.461,s.3, 1989, c. 32, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7A-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7A-4.1 - Acquisition of entire parcel

27:7A-4.1. Acquisition of entire parcel  In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for any limited access highway or portion thereof, the commissioner, with respect to limited access highways under his jurisdiction, and the governing body of a county, with respect to limited access highways under its jurisdiction, may, in his or its discretion, acquire by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation, an entire lot, block or tract of land, if, by so doing, the interests of the public will be best served even though said entire lot, block or tract is not needed for transportation purposes, but only if the portion not needed for transportation purposes is landlocked or is so situated that the cost to the State will be practically equivalent to the total value of the whole parcel of land. For purposes of this section, "transportation purposes" means all uses of property which are, in the judgment of the commissioner, useful or beneficial in promoting an efficient, integrated, and balanced transportation system.  L. 1952, c. 21, s. 1; amended 1989, c. 32, s. 17.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7A-5 - Existing State highways

27:7A-5. Existing State highways  The commissioner may, by order and after public hearing, designate any existing State highway, or portion thereof, a limited access highway and thereafter shall have the authority to acquire, either by purchase or condemnation, such property rights, easements and access rights as may be necessary to make such existing highway or portion thereof a limited access highway.  L. 1945, c. 83, s. 5; amended 1989, c. 32, s. 18.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7A-6 - Restricted use

27:7A-6. Restricted use  The commissioner, with respect to limited access highways under his jurisdiction, and the governing body of a county, with respect to limited access highways under its jurisdiction, shall have the authority to restrict the use of roadways in limited access highways to passenger motor vehicles, to prohibit the use of any roadway in limited access highways by certain classes of vehicles or by pedestrians, bicycles or other nonmotorized traffic or by any person operating a motorized bicycle or motorcycle and to make such other regulations as may be proper or necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; provided, however, if any highway or any portion or portions thereof over which autobuses lawfully operate is designated a limited access highway, or a part of a limited access highway, no such restriction or regulation shall prevent the use by autobuses, in accordance with other laws applicable thereto, of such portion or portions of such limited access highway as include such highway or portion or portions thereof, or of such portion or portions of such limited access highway as shall be necessary to provide ingress and egress for such autobuses in connection with such use.  L. 1945, c. 83, s. 6; amended 1989, c. 32, s. 19.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7A-9 - Additional powers

27:7A-9. Additional powers  The powers contained in this act are in addition to all the powers that the commissioner has at the time this act becomes effective and in addition to the powers granted to him by the "State Highway Access Management Act," P.L. 1989, c. 32 (C. 27:7-89 et seq.), and any limitation herein contained shall be interpreted as applying only to limited access highways created under this act.  L. 1945, c. 83, s. 9; amended 1989, c. 32, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7A-10 - Designation as freeways of routes included in national system of interstate highways

27:7A-10. Designation as freeways of routes included in national system of interstate highways  The State Highway Commissioner may designate as freeways, in accordance with chapter 83, Public Laws of 1945, routes in the State approved by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads, as a part of the interstate highway system in the National System of Interstate Highways, dated September 15, 1955. L.1956, c. 153, p. 623, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:8-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:8-1 - Contracts between state and federal government; other parties

27:8-1. Contracts between state and federal government; other parties  The commissioner may apply to and contract with the United States government or any official thereof for aid in road work, and with the governing bodies of counties and other subdivisions of the state for doing such work with the aid of the state and federal governments. Such governing bodies may enter into such contracts and raise funds to meet their share of the cost in the manner provided by law for raising money for the construction, improvement and maintenance of roads.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:8-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:8-2 - Use of funds

27:8-2. Use of funds  The commissioner may undertake to receive and apply any money received from the federal government for road work to any work he shall have authority to do.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:8-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:8-3 - Division of cost

27:8-3. Division of cost  All work done with federal aid shall be done and paid for as provided by law, except as to the division of cost. The balance of the cost, after deducting the amount received or to be received as federal aid, shall be divided between the state and any governing body or bodies taking part therein in such manner as may be agreed between the commissioner and such body or bodies, but the state's share shall in no case exceed fifty per cent of such balance.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:8-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:8-4 - Incurring liability; limitation

27:8-4. Incurring liability; limitation  The commissioner shall not incur any liability or otherwise commit the state to an expenditure in excess of the unrequisitioned balances of any funds at his disposal, available for road work, but after delivery of the contract from any governing body under this chapter the amount to be paid by that governing body shall be considered as an addition to such unrequisitioned balances in ascertaining the available means to secure aid from said government.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:8-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:8-5 - Moneys kept separate

27:8-5. Moneys kept separate  Moneys received in accordance with the provision of a contract under this chapter shall be kept as a separate fund to be used only for the purpose for which it was received.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:8-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:8-6 - Commissioner authorized to accept federal funds; expenditure

27:8-6. Commissioner authorized to accept federal funds; expenditure  The commissioner may accept any funds allocated or granted to this state for expenditure by the department under the provisions of the national industrial recovery act or the emergency relief appropriation act of 1935 for the cost of highway or bridge construction, including the elimination of hazards to highway traffic, such as the separation of grades at railroad crossings, the reconstruction of existing railroad grade crossing structures, the relocation of highways to eliminate railroad crossings, the widening of narrow bridges and roadways, the building of foot paths, the replacement of unsafe bridges, the construction of routes to avoid congested areas, the construction of facilities to improve accessibility and the free flow of traffic, and the cost of any other construction that will provide safer traffic facilities or definitely eliminate existing hazards to pedestrian or vehicular traffic whether such highways, bridges or hazards are part of the state highway system or otherwise, and expend the same in the manner required by the provisions of the national industrial recovery act or the federal emergency relief appropriation act of 1935, and do all work and make all contracts and agreements required for such purposes.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-1 - Construction of state highway routes by counties; consent required

27:9-1. Construction of state highway routes by counties; consent required  The board of chosen freeholders of any county in which a state highway route has or shall have been laid out by the state highway commissioner may, with the consent of the commissioner, construct and improve the whole or any part of the highway within the county. The construction and improvement shall be in accordance with plans and specifications submitted by the board of chosen freeholders and approved by the commissioner, and shall be conducted by the board of chosen freeholders at all times subject to the inspection of the commissioner. A contract for the construction or improvement of a highway made by a county under this section and sections 27:9-2 to 27:9-5 of this title shall not be effective until approved by the commissioner both as to character and cost of work and materials, and shall provide that no payment shall be made thereunder to any contractor except on the certificate of the county engineer, countersigned by the state highway engineer, certifying that the work for which payment is claimed has been done in all respects in accordance with the contract and with the plans and specifications.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-2 - County obligations issued

27:9-2. County obligations issued  The board of chosen freeholders may provide and raise money for the purposes set forth in section 27:9-1 of this title, by issuing notes or bonds under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). The obligations issued pursuant to this section and renewals thereof shall be made under the provisions and limitations of section 40:1-8 of the title Municipalities and Counties.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-3 - Road taken over as state highway; county reimbursed

27:9-3. Road taken over as state highway; county reimbursed  When the commissioner has or shall have approved a contract made in accordance with section 27:9-1 of this title and the payments thereunder, he shall within six years after the date of such approval, if funds be on hand available for the purpose, take over the highway so constructed by a county in accordance with the terms of sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-5 of this title and pay to the county the actual cost of the construction thereof. The sum so paid, or such part thereof as may be necessary, shall be used for the purpose of retiring any bonds or other obligations issued for the purpose of raising funds for the construction of the road. No road constructed by a county under said sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-5 shall be taken over and paid for by the commissioner unless the state highway engineer shall certify to the commissioner that the road has been constructed in all respects in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the commissioner, but the commissioner may, if funds be available and have been set aside for the purpose of reimbursing a county for the construction and improvement of a highway made by a county under said sections, pay to the county the amount already expended if the state highway engineer shall certify to the commissioner that the work has been done in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the commissioner to the value of the amount requested.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-4 - Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over

27:9-4. Refunding indebtedness if highway not taken over  If the commissioner does not take over the highway in the manner prescribed in section 27:9-3 of this title within six years after the authorization of the appropriation for its construction and improvement, the county shall refund the indebtedness incurred pursuant to section 27:9-2 of this title by the issuance of bonds under the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.), none of which shall mature at a date later than the period set forth in section 40:1-34, of the title Municipalities and Counties, counting from the time of the authorization of the appropriation for the construction and improvement.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-5 - Paving state highways by counties; consent; reimbursement

27:9-5. Paving state highways by counties; consent; reimbursement  When a road laid out as part of the state highway system has or shall have been taken over by the commissioner as a state highway but has not yet been paved, the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which the road is situate may by resolution request the permission of the commissioner to pave it. If the commissioner concurs in the resolution the county may provide and pay for the work in the manner provided by sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-3 of this title for the improvement by counties of parts of state highway routes that have not been taken over by the commissioner. Counties proceeding under this section shall finance such improvements in the manner provided by said sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-3. The commissioner may designate a year in which the county shall be reimbursed for such work.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-6 - Reimbursement of county for interest charges

27:9-6. Reimbursement of county for interest charges  When a state highway, or portion thereof, has been or shall be improved or reconstructed by the board of chosen freeholders of a county under an agreement with the commissioner, and the commissioner has agreed or shall agree to reimburse the county for the cost of the construction or improvement of such highway, or portion thereof, from state funds, the commissioner shall also agree to pay and the proper state agency shall pay to the board of chosen freeholders, in addition to the cost of the improvement or reconstruction, the actual amount of interest paid by the board for any money raised or borrowed by it for the purpose of making the improvement or construction. The interest shall be considered as part of the construction cost of the road or highway. This section shall apply to all roads constructed or to be constructed under chapter 6 (s. 27:6-1 et seq.) and chapter 7 (s. 27:7-1 et seq.) of this title, and shall apply to any agreement relative to the construction thereof and the payment therefor entered into between the commissioner and any board of chosen freeholders, or to any contract which may hereafter be made between the commissioner and any board of chosen freeholders.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-7 - Agreement for work on state highways; payment of county's share

27:9-7. Agreement for work on state highways; payment of county's share  A county may enter into a written agreement with the commissioner to share in the cost of the construction, repair and maintenance of a state highway or a portion thereof, or any highway that may hereafter become a state highway or a portion thereof, and all work incident thereto, as the word "work" is defined in section 27:7-1 of this title. The county may raise its proportionate share of the cost in accordance with the provisions of law providing for road improvement or maintenance. Upon the approval by the commissioner of the certificate of the inspector and engineer in charge of the work that it has been satisfactorily completed, in whole or in part, according to the contract, drawings and specifications, the disbursing officer of the county shall pay its share of the whole or partial cost according to the terms of the agreement, to the state treasurer to the credit of the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-8 - County bonds for highway improvements; law applicable

27:9-8. County bonds for highway improvements; law applicable  A county may borrow money and issue bonds for the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or resurfacing of portions of the state highway system located in the county. The bonds shall be issued in the manner and subject to the limitations prescribed by article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-9 - Agreement between county and state; use of proceeds; reimbursement

27:9-9. Agreement between county and state; use of proceeds; reimbursement  No bonds shall be issued by a county under sections 27:9-8 to 27:9-12 of this title unless and until the board of chosen freeholders thereof shall have previously entered into an agreement on behalf of the county with the state highway commissioner whereby the commissioner shall have agreed to reimburse, and to repay to the county a sum equal to the principal and interest of the bonds, which sum shall be paid in installments to be fixed in the agreement, and whereby the board of chosen freeholders shall have agreed to pay to the commissioner the sum or sums raised by the issuance of those bonds, after deducting the expense of issuance. Any sum so paid to the commissioner pursuant to any such agreement shall be expended solely for the purpose of improving, bettering, reconstructing or resurfacing portions of the state highway system located within the county, as provided in the agreement.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-10 - Contribution by county; reimbursement

27:9-10. Contribution by county; reimbursement  The state highway commissioner may accept from any such county any sum raised by the issuance of bonds pursuant to sections 27:9-8 to 27:9-12 of this title, and expend such sums for the improvement, betterment, reconstruction or resurfacing of portions of the state highway system located in the county issuing the bonds, and agree to reimburse and repay to such county a sum equal to the principal and interest of such bonds in installments to be fixed in the agreement, from revenues appropriated to the use of the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-11 - Maturity of bonds arranged

27:9-11. Maturity of bonds arranged  In fixing the time or times of maturity of the principal of any such bonds, the board of chosen freeholders shall consider the amounts to be received each year by way of reimbursement and shall endeavor to arrange the times of maturity of the principal so that the levy of a tax will not be necessary in order to pay either the principal or interest of the bonds.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:9-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:9-12 - Powers deemed additional; construction

27:9-12. Powers deemed additional; construction  The powers granted by sections 27:9-8 to 27:9-11 of this title, are in addition to and not in substitution for the powers granted by existing statutes, and are not subject to any limitation or restriction prescribed by any such statutes, except as may be expressly provided by said sections. The obligation of the commissioner to make any payment or reimbursement pursuant to the agreements authorized by said sections shall have such force and effect as may be permitted by the constitution of this state and if any of the provisions contained in sections 27:9-9 to 27:9-11 of this title shall be unconstitutional or invalid, such provisions shall be exscinded and the remaining sections shall stand.