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NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-42.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-42.4 - "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."

27:7-42.4 "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program."  3. a. There is established, within the Department of Transportation, an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program" to: (1) Assess the conditions existing along roadsides in the State; (2) Develop and adopt a comprehensive integrated roadside vegetation management plan for cost effective maintenance and planting along roadsides, with an emphasis on adaptable vegetation with long life cycles, native vegetation, and wildflowers , and incorporating any requirements pursuant to any other law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, concerning the planting of native vegetation ; (3) Conduct research and feasibility studies for the comprehensive integrated roadside vegetation management plan and for future integrated roadside management projects; (4) Implement the comprehensive integrated roadside vegetation management plan to improve roadsides in a way that will serve a variety of purposes, including climate control, erosion control, weed control, scenic quality, wildlife habitats, and utility easements;  (5) Incorporate integrated roadside management best practices for the long-term control of damaging insects, invasive plant species, and weeds while preserving valuable vegetation and habitats;  (6) Expand or create public education programs about the importance of integrated roadside vegetation management in the State, the scenic and environmental value of land adjoining roadsides, and other information consistent with the program goals; and  (7) Coordinate with other private entities and government entities, including the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the South Jersey Transportation Authority, and county and municipal governments concerning initiatives to improve roadsides in the State. b. The Commissioner of Transportation shall appoint an Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Coordinator to administer the program. The coordinator shall be responsible for implementing the program goals as established by subsection a. of this section. L.2017, c.44, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-42.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-42.6 - Program established by county, municipality.

27:7-42.6 Program established by county, municipality.  5. A county or municipality may establish an integrated roadside vegetation management program, provided that the program established by the county or municipality is consistent with the program established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2017, c.44 (C.27:7-42.4). L.2017, c.44, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-43 - Contracts for deposits of road materials

27:7-43. Contracts for deposits of road materials  The commissioner may contract with any person or public or private corporation for the acquisition of any necessary lands, or easements for gravel pits or other natural deposits of road materials advantageously located to the state highways, and may take title in the name of the state.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44 - Injurious substances on highway forbidden; protection of property; penalties

27:7-44. Injurious substances on highway forbidden; protection of property; penalties  No person shall place or allow to fall upon a state highway any broken glass, pottery or sharp object, or any substance injurious to the surface of the road or to the person, health or property of those using the highway or residing along the line thereof nor shall any person interfere with or injure any tree, handrail, wall, bridge, culvert or other public property within the lines of a state highway. A person who violates any of the provisions of this section or who willfully damages, injures or destroys any such highway or its appurtenances shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars for each offense together with the costs of prosecution, to be recovered by the department in the name of the state in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction. The fines collected shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the funds available for the construction, maintenance and repair of roads.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.1 - Consents, grants and franchises affecting highways; approval of commissioner; lease of land under viaduct or bridge; removal of encroachments; penalty for violation

27:7-44.1. Consents, grants and franchises affecting highways; approval of commissioner; lease of land under viaduct or bridge; removal of encroachments; penalty for violation  No consent, grant or franchise affecting any portion of a State highway, or of any road included in the State highway system, shall be given for the construction of a railroad or street railway thereon except upon approval of and under conditions acceptable to the commissioner; nor shall any person enter upon or construct any works in or upon any State highway, except under such conditions and regulations as the commissioner may prescribe; provided, however, the commissioner may lease land or property under any viaduct or bridge, and the approaches thereto, said property having been acquired for right of way purposes, to any municipal corporation or any public board or commission, for public use only, subject to such conditions and regulations as the commissioner shall prescribe and subject further to the consent of the municipality in which the leased land is located. Whenever any encroachment may exist without warrant of law in any road when taken over as a State highway, the commissioner shall notify the Attorney General, who shall proceed to cause the same to be removed as by law provided. Any person guilty of any violation of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $100.00 for each day's violation, and the costs of prosecution, to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the State before any court of competent jurisdiction, by the commissioner. Said fines shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the funds available for construction, maintenance and repair of roads. Any such violation may be removed from any State highway as a trespass by a civil action brought by the commissioner in the Superior Court. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise. Amended by L.1953, c. 27, p. 489, s. 4; L.1968, c. 81, s. 1, eff. June 21, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.2 - Relief of contractor from maintenance of completed section

27:7-44.2. Relief of contractor from maintenance of completed section  When a section of a project under contract shall have been completed prior to the completion of the entire project, the commissioner shall have authority to relieve the contractor from the maintenance of such completed section. L.1949, c. 176, p. 566, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.3 - Relocation of structures impeding construction, acquisition of lands for

27:7-44.3. Relocation of structures impeding construction, acquisition of lands for  Whenever it shall appear to the State Highway Commissioner that construction of a State highway, the acquisition of lands for which has been previously authorized by him, will be impeded by reason of the presence of a structure or structures on the lands authorized to be required for such highway, he shall have power to acquire, by gift, purchase or condemnation, additional unimproved lands for the purpose of providing sites upon which may be relocated such structure or any or all of such structures which are removable from the lands authorized to be acquired for such highway and which, after relocation, will be suitable for the purpose for which they were used prior to such relocation; provided, however, that before the commissioner shall order the acquisition of any such additional unimproved lands he shall ascertain the quantum thereof requisite for the relocation of such structure or structures, and shall obtain an agreement in writing from the owner of such structure or structures at a stipulated rental for the structure or structures, or a portion or portions thereof, to be relocated on such additional lands. L.1950, c. 250, p. 863, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.4 - Size of tracts to be acquired; plans

27:7-44.4. Size of tracts to be acquired; plans  Such additional unimproved lands may be acquired in tracts sufficiently large to permit the laying out of sites for the relocation thereon of more than one structure or structures or may be acquired in individual sites for the relocation thereon of one structure; provided, however, that no structure or structures shall be relocated upon any site until a plan or plans therefor shall have first been prepared at the behest of the State Highway Commissioner and approved by him. L.1950, c. 250, p. 863, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.5 - Power to relocate structures; what included; contracts

27:7-44.5. Power to relocate structures; what included; contracts  The power herein granted to relocate structures shall include the power to remove the same and to install all essential facilities, including (but not limited to) water, sewerage, gas and electricity. Any and all work to remove and effectuate the relocation of structure or structures may be done by the State Highway Department or may be contracted for, but any contract entered into shall in all respects comply with provisions of law regulating contracts entered into by State agencies. L.1950, c. 250, p. 864, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.6 - Condemnation; procedure

27:7-44.6. Condemnation; procedure  Whenever, in pursuance of this act, it shall be necessary to acquire property by condemnation, the State Highway Commissioner shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes, relating to Eminent Domain, and may enter upon and take such property in advance of making compensation therefor. L.1950, c. 250, p. 864, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.7 - Funds which may be expended to relocate structures

27:7-44.7. Funds which may be expended to relocate structures  For the purpose of acquiring lands pursuant to this act, and for defraying any and all costs and expenses for removing and relocating structures, and for making said structure or structures suitable for use as intended by this act, the commissioner is authorized to expend funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated to the State Highway Department for highway construction purposes; and all proceeds from the sale or rental of the property shall be credited to the fund available for highway construction purposes. L.1950, c. 250, p. 864, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.8 - Power to sell land

27:7-44.8. Power to sell land  6. The State Highway Commissioner shall have power to sell any or all lands acquired pursuant to this act, or any portion or portions thereof, or any structure or structures relocated thereon, or to rent the same for the use to which they were devoted prior to such relocation; provided, however, that:  (a) All sales shall be at public auction; (b) All rentals shall be made in the following order of preference: to the original owner or user of a relocated structure or structures; to an original user of a relocated structure or structures; to an owner user of a structure or structures on the property acquired for highway purposes, which was impractical to remove; to a tenant of any structure or structures on the property acquired for highway purposes; to any war veteran, including any member of the American Merchant Marine during World War II who is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits, residing in the municipality in which the structure or structures was relocated and who, under the Constitution, qualifies for tax exemption, or the widow of such veteran. As between persons within the same preference category, preference shall be determined upon a competitive basis, if practicable; otherwise as the commissioner shall determine. In the event that no person or persons having preference as hereinabove provided, shall desire to rent property acquired pursuant to this act, the State Highway Commissioner may rent the same in whatever manner will, in his judgment, best serve the interest of the State.  L.1950,c.250,s.6; amended 1991,c.389,s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.9 - Relocation of facilities

27:7-44.9. Relocation of facilities  a. In addition to other powers conferred upon the Commissioner of Transportation by any other law and not in limitation thereof, the commissioner, in connection with the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or operation of any highway project, may make reasonable regulations for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation and removal of pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles and other equipment and appliances, herein called "facilities," of any public utility as defined in R.S. 48:2-13, and of any cable television company as defined in the "Cable Television Act," P.L. 1972, c. 186 (C. 48:5A-1 et seq.), in, on, along, over or under any highway project. Whenever the commissioner determines that it is necessary that facilities which now are, or hereafter may be, located in, on, along, over or under any highway project shall be relocated in the project or should be removed from the project, the public utility or cable television company owning or operating the facilities shall relocate or remove the same in accordance with the order of the commissioner. The cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing the facilities in a new location, or new locations, and the cost of any lands, or any rights or interests in lands, and any other rights acquired to accomplish the relocation or removal, shall be ascertained and paid by the commissioner as a part of the cost of the project. In the case of the relocation or removal of facilities, as aforesaid, the public utility or cable television company owning or operating the same, its successors or assigns may maintain and operate the facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location or new locations for as long a period, and upon the same terms and conditions, as it had the right to maintain and operate the facilities in the former location or locations.  b. As used in this act, "highway project," in addition to its ordinary meaning, means one which is administered and contracted for by the commissioner.  c. The powers conferred upon the commissioner by this section also are conferred upon the governing body of any county having under its jurisdiction a limited access highway in the meaning of section 1 of P.L. 1945, c. 83 (C. 27:7A-1) with respect to the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or operation of any highway project on that limited access highway.  L. 1983, c. 283, s. 1; amended 1984, c.87 s.2, 1989, c. 32, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.10 - Findings, declarations relative to certain highway entry or exit ramps.

27:7-44.10 Findings, declarations relative to certain highway entry or exit ramps.  2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The safety of the State's school children is of paramount importance. b. Given the school facilities needs of Abbott districts, as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-3), particular sensitivity is required for the safety of children attending schools in those districts. c. The Department of Transportation must exercise the utmost care when considering any proposal to plan, design, or construct a highway entry or exit ramp within 1,000 feet of a school. d. A local board of education, and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority in the case of a school to be constructed by the authority pursuant to P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.), or a board of a nonpublic school must also exercise the utmost care when considering any proposal to plan, design, or construct a school within 1,000 feet of a highway entry or exit ramp. L.2007, c.308, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.11 - Definitions relative to certain highway entry or exit ramps.

27:7-44.11 Definitions relative to certain highway entry or exit ramps.  3. As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Transportation. "Highway" means a highway which is designated part of the Interstate System as provided in Title 23 of the United States Code, or is a limited access highway as defined in section 1 of P.L.1945, c.83 (C.27:7A-1). "School" means a public or nonpublic school containing any of the grades kindergarten through 12. L.2007, c.308, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.12 - New entry or exit ramp, construction within 1,000 feet of school; prohibited; exceptions.

27:7-44.12 New entry or exit ramp, construction within 1,000 feet of school; prohibited; exceptions.  4. a. A new entry or exit ramp shall not be constructed as part of a highway project if a school is located or is being constructed within 1,000 feet of the proposed location of the entry or exit ramp, unless, during the planning and design of the project, the department determines that the construction is required and that there is no feasible or prudent alternative. b. Prior to making the determination required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the department shall, as part of its community outreach efforts to identify a preferred alternative design for the highway project, notify the local board of education in whose district the school is located or being constructed, and in the case of a school being constructed by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the authority, or in the case of a nonpublic school, the board thereof, the Department of Education and the members of the Legislature representing the district in which the school is located or being constructed, that the department is considering the construction of an entry or exit ramp within 1,000 feet of the school. The preferred alternative design for the highway project shall not be selected until the members of the Legislature notified pursuant to this subsection have been afforded the opportunity to submit comments to the department. If the department subsequently determines that the construction of the entry or exit ramp is required and that there is no feasible or prudent alternative, pedestrian safety issues shall be included as part of the environmental review undertaken by the department pursuant to State and federal laws, rules and regulations. When the public forum is held as part of the environmental review of the proposed highway project, the department shall present its plan for any entry or exit ramp and the safety measures, consistent with the recommendations of the study required pursuant to section 7 of this act, that are to be included in the highway project. c. An entry or exit ramp for a highway shall not be reconstructed if a school is located or being constructed within 1,000 feet of the location of the ramp unless the department shall take steps to minimize the public safety hazards of the reconstructed ramp, consistent with the recommendations contained in the study required pursuant to section 7 of this act. L.2007, c.308, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.13 - Determination of distance between a highway ramp and school.

27:7-44.13 Determination of distance between a highway ramp and school.  6. For the purpose of determining the distance between a highway ramp and a school pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of this act, the distance of 1,000 feet between a school and a highway entry or exit ramp shall be measured along the roadway from the school property line closest to the proposed ramp to the beginning of the full lane width of a deceleration lane or the end of the full lane width of an acceleration lane. The distance of 1,000 feet shall be measured along the center line of the traveled way of the roadway not the straight line distance between two points. L.2007, c.308, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.14 - Statewide study.

27:7-44.14 Statewide study.  7. a. The department, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall conduct a Statewide study to identify public safety hazards posed by highway entry or exit ramps located within 1,000 feet of a school. The study shall include recommendations to abate such safety hazards for existing ramps and recommendations to avoid or minimize such safety hazards when designing or reconstructing ramps. In addition, the study shall include specific recommendations to abate student pedestrian safety hazards at highway entry or exit ramps located within 1,000 feet of a school that is planned for continued use or expansion. No later than two years after the effective date of this act, the study required by this subsection shall be transmitted to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, the members of the Legislature, the metropolitan planning organizations designated within the State, and the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration.  b. Requests to fund improvements that address safety hazards at highway entry or exit ramps shall be included, to the extent eligible, in the report of proposed projects to be financed by the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority and required to be submitted annually pursuant to section 22 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-22) by the Commissioner of Transportation. L.2007, c.308, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.15 - Inapplicability of act.

27:7-44.15 Inapplicability of act.  8. This act shall not apply to highway projects for which preliminary design has been completed and for which environmental work has commenced on or before the effective date of this act. L.2007, c.308, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-44.16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-44.16 - Findings, declarations relative to road markings containing inorganic arsenic.

27:7-44.16 Findings, declarations relative to road markings containing inorganic arsenic.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that inorganic arsenic is a hazardous substance and is recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a human carcinogen; that release of this substance to the environment may lead to contamination of soil and water; that the ingestion or inhalation of soil, water, plant material, or animal tissues contaminated with inorganic arsenic may lead to lung cancer, damage to the nervous system, or, in extreme cases, death from systemic poisoning; that reflective glass beads are used to reflect light when applied to roadway markers; that glass beads which contain more than 100 parts per million inorganic arsenic may represent a danger to workers who handle and apply them and a contamination potential to soil and water surrounding roadways. The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or use of glass beads containing more than 100 parts per million inorganic arsenic used to reflect light when applied to markings on roadways. L.2011, c.212, s.1.