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NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-11 - State highways maintained and repaired by commissioner

27:7-11. State highways maintained and repaired by commissioner  The commissioner shall take charge of all work on state highways and maintain them in good order. All work of improvement, betterment, reconstruction, or resurfacing shall be done in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the department. All work of maintenance, repair and extraordinary repair shall be done at the expense of the state and may be done either as an independent contractor or employer or through contracts made in the name of the state.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-11.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-11.1 - Reflectors as lane markers

27:7-11.1. Reflectors as lane markers  Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, whenever any repair, construction, reconstruction or resurfacing is undertaken by the Department of Transportation on any road under its jurisdiction, the Department of Transportation shall, wherever practical and subject to available funding, imbed reflectors into the surface of that road to be used as lane markers.  L. 1985, c. 61, s. 1, eff. Feb. 27, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-12 - Use of roads by public utilities; consent required

27:7-12. Use of roads by public utilities; consent required  No consent, grant or franchise for the laying of any railroad or street railway crossings, gas pipes, water pipes, electric conduits or other piping, telegraph, telephone, electric light or power poles in or upon any road in the state highway system prior to its being taken over as a state highway, shall be given except under restrictions, regulations and conditions approved, and officially made known to the body with authority to issue such privilege, by the commissioner. No issue of such consent, grant or franchise by a public body shall operate as a waiver of liability in favor of the person laying or erecting such works in or upon such highway or any portion thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-13 - Use of bridges and viaducts by public utilities; agreement

27:7-13. Use of bridges and viaducts by public utilities; agreement  No person shall lay any tracks, pipes or conduits on, over or under any public viaduct or bridge constituting a part of the state highway system, or connect any wires, cables or other appliances to any such viaduct or bridge without first obtaining the consent of the commissioner and complying with such reasonable terms and conditions as may be prescribed by him, but any public utility subject to the regulation of the board of public utility commissioners, whose rates are subject to be fixed by that board, and which has the right to use the highway on both sides of any such viaduct or bridge or which had or shall have its tracks, pipes, conduits or wires in, on, over or under any such viaduct or bridge when it was or shall be taken over by the commissioner as part of a state highway, may lay, connect, maintain and operate its tracks, pipes, conduits, wires, cables or other appliances in, on, over or under any such viaduct or bridge, and in, on, over and upon any new viaduct or bridge including the necessary highway approach thereto constructed at the same or a new location in substitution for any such viaduct or bridge, at its own cost and expense, under such reasonable terms and regulations as the commissioner has prescribed or may hereafter prescribe, which terms and regulations may be contained in an agreement between the commissioner and the public utility. The agreement may contain such provisions with regard to the use made or to be made of the viaduct or bridge as have been or may be agreed upon, but in no event shall any such public utility be required to pay for any such use more than an amount sufficient to compensate the state for the extra burden imposed upon the state by reason of the use of any such viaduct or bridge by the public utility. If the commissioner and the public utility cannot agree upon the terms and regulations or the amount to be paid as hereinbefore provided, an application may be made to the board of public utility commissioners, which shall, after hearing, fix the terms and regulations governing such use and the amount to be paid by the public utility. This section shall not relieve any such public utility from the payment of any sum which, on August twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, was due or claimed to be due or accrued under any contract previously entered into by the public utility for its use of any bridge or viaduct.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-14 - Paving materials; width of roads; curves and crossings eliminated

27:7-14. Paving materials; width of roads; curves and crossings eliminated  The state highways herein provided for shall be paved with granite, asphalt, or wood blocks, bricks, concrete, bituminous concrete, sheet asphalt or other pavement having a hard surface and of a durable character, but nothing in this chapter shall prevent the commissioner from maintaining roads heretofore improved with other materials or with their present or similar surfaces pending their paving with materials complying with this chapter. In all cases the width of the pavement shall be at least eighteen feet and the total width of the roadway shall be at least thirty feet, except at bridges, culverts, or grade crossings, where the roadway shall be of such width or widths as the commissioner may deem necessary and determine. All sharp turns and angles and railroad grade crossings shall be eliminated wherever practicable.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-15 - Municipal streets as part of highway system; improvement by municipality

27:7-15. Municipal streets as part of highway system; improvement by municipality  The commissioner may enter into contract with a municipality, the streets or roads of which will form proper connections with a state highway, for work which will place such streets and roads in a condition in keeping with the nature of the state highways approaching and leaving the municipality. A municipality may, when it deems it advisable, improve a part of a state highway lying within the municipality, such part lying outside the limits of the area of the highway improved or proposed to be improved by the commissioner or by the county with the consent and approval or the commissioner. In either case the municipality shall proceed in the same manner as for the making of a "local" or "general" improvement, as defined by section 40:56-1 of the title Municipalities and Counties, except that advertising for or receiving bids for the making thereof shall not be required.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-16 - Contracts to have work done by state or county

27:7-16. Contracts to have work done by state or county  In lieu of making the improvement in the manner provided in section 27:7-15 of this title, the municipality, upon the approval of such proceedings by the commissioner may contract with the commissioner for the making of the improvement and the payment to the state of the cost thereof as fixed by the contract, or if the improvement of the state highway shall be undertaken by the county pursuant to sections 27:9-1 to 27:9-5 of this title, the municipality may contract with the county for the making of the improvement and the payment to the county of the cost thereof as fixed by the contract.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-17 - Certain drawbridges along routes maintained by state

27:7-17. Certain drawbridges along routes maintained by state  All drawbridges and approaches thereto in existence since March thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and not less than six hundred feet long, forming part of a route described in chapter 6 of this title (s. 27:6-1 et seq.) and extending over a navigable waterway or part thereof, which forms the dividing line or part thereof between two municipalities in this state, shall become a part of the state highway system upon the taking over by the commissioner of the whole or a part of the route or routes of which the bridge and its approaches form a connecting or continuing part to the state highway system. The department shall thereupon immediately take over the improvement, betterment, reconstruction, resurfacing, maintenance, repair and regulation of the uses thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-18 - Powers of commissioner over state highways; exceptions in certain cities

27:7-18. Powers of commissioner over state highways; exceptions in certain cities  In the improvement, betterment, repair and maintenance of highways, forming a part of the state highway system, the commissioner shall possess and exercise, in addition to those conferred by this title, all the rights and powers, not incompatible with his functions nor prohibited by law, exercised by overseers of roads and boards of chosen freeholders in road construction, repair and maintenance, except that when a state highway shall run through a city having a population of seventy-five thousand or more, over streets or roads formerly under the jurisdiction of the city, the city shall retain in those streets or roads all its former jurisdiction and rights as to the construction and regulation of the use of all water, sewer, gas and other subsoil conduits and structures.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-19 - Co-operation by other bodies in highway work; agreements; cost apportioned

27:7-19. Co-operation by other bodies in highway work; agreements; cost apportioned  The commissioner may enter into written agreement with any board of chosen freeholders or other public body, or with any person for co-operation in any work, and to assume any portion of the cost thereof. Such board or public body may raise its proportionate share of the cost in accordance with the provisions of any law providing for road improvement or maintenance. Upon 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 contract, drawings and specifications, the disbursing officer of such board or body shall pay its share of the whole or partial cost to the state treasurer to the credit of the commissioner.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-19.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-19.1 - Claims against county, municipality or corporation; compromise and settlement

27:7-19.1. Claims against county, municipality or corporation; compromise and settlement  Whenever it shall appear to the State Highway Commissioner after reasonable investigation that any claim of the State against a county, municipality or corporation arising out of the obligation of a county, municipality or corporation to contribute toward the laying out, construction, maintenance or repair of a State highway, bridge, or any part thereof, is disputed, either in whole or in part, by reason of alleged set-offs, either legal or equitable, or by reason of disputed questions of fact or law, or both, and that the enforcement of any such claim would necessitate litigation, and that the best interests of the State will be served by the composition, adjustment or settlement of any such claim, the State Highway Commissioner shall present the matter to the State House Commission, and the said State House Commission is hereby authorized to permit the State Highway Commissioner to settle, compromise and adjust any such claim or claims, including any set-offs, legal or equitable, with respect thereto, upon such terms as said State House Commission shall deem reasonable and proper under all of the circumstances in any particular case; providing, however, that under no circumstance shall the State House Commission require any payment to be made on behalf of the State, nor is the State Highway Commissioner or other proper officer of the State permitted to make any payment to any county, municipality or corporation by reason of this act. L.1938, c. 258, p. 573, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-19.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-19.2 - Execution of agreement for settlement and compromise; compliance within eighteen months

27:7-19.2. Execution of agreement for settlement and compromise; compliance within eighteen months  When the State House Commission shall direct the State Highway Commissioner to settle, compromise and adjust any such claim or claims, the settlement shall be evidenced by an agreement executed by the State Highway Commissioner and such county, municipality or corporation, and such agreement shall be binding upon all of the parties thereto upon its execution, delivery and the making of the payment or payments required; provided, however, that such settlement and agreement shall be void unless the terms thereof are complied with within eighteen months after the delivery of such agreement. L.1938, c. 258, p. 573, s. 2. Amended by L.1939, c. 10, p. 22, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-19.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-19.3 - Municipal indebtedness to State for highway or road work or improvement as temporary offset against claim for emergency relief expenditures

27:7-19.3. Municipal indebtedness to State for highway or road work or improvement as temporary offset against claim for emergency relief expenditures  When any municipality of this State shall be indebted to the State, on contract, for highway or road work or improvement, including the cost of right-of-way and including cost of land acquired pursuant to chapter one hundred ninety-one of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirty, such indebtedness shall be treated as a temporary offset against any claim that the said municipality may have against the State arising out of emergency relief expenditures and the said municipality shall only be paid that sum which the said emergency relief expenditures exceeds the said indebtedness, pending liquidation, adjustment or settlement of the claim. In the event that in the future any adjustment shall be made by the State, or any of its departments, of the amount chargeable against any such municipality, the difference between the amount now alleged to be due and, as adjusted, shall be credited to the municipality. In order that the treasurer of this State may be apprised of the amount due from the municipalities of this State on account of road work or improvement, the State Highway Commissioner shall forthwith certify to the State Treasurer the amount due the State from each municipality for any such work or improvement. L.1939, c. 9, p. 21, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-20 - Work may be done by contract; approval required; exception

27:7-20. Work may be done by contract; approval required; exception  If, in the judgment of the commissioner, the co-operating board, body or person could obtain more advantageous prices for the work and the best interests of the state would be served by having the co-operating board, body or person award the contract for the work, the commissioner shall approve the drawings and specifications of the co-operating board, body or person and shall approve the contract for the work, and may, subject to the consent, in writing, of the state house commission, enter into an agreement in writing to pay the co-operating board, body or person such portion of the cost as the state highway commissioner may deem advisable. Payment on the part of the state shall be made only after the state highway commissioner shall have approved 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. If the co-operating body is a public utility corporation under the jurisdiction of the board of public utility commissioners and the work is to be done without contract by the employees of the corporation, the state highway commissioner may waive the requirement as to approval of the contract for the work.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-21 - Additional powers of commissioner

27:7-21. Additional powers of commissioner  27:7-21. In addition to, and not in limitation of, his general powers, the commissioner may:  a. Determine and adopt rules, regulations and specifications and enter into contracts covering all matters and things incident to the acquisition, improvement, betterment, construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of State highways;  b. Execute and perform as an independent contractor or through contracts made in the name of the State, all work incident to the maintenance and repair of State highways;  c. Establish and maintain as an independent contractor or employer a patrol repair system for the proper and efficient maintenance and repair of State highways;  d. Employ and discharge, subject to the provisions of the Civil Service law, all foremen and laborers, prescribe their qualifications and furnish all equipment, tools and material necessary for such patrol repair system;  e. Widen, straighten and regrade State highways; f. Vacate any State highway or part thereof; g. The commissioner and his authorized agents and employees may enter upon any lands, waters and premises in the State, after giving written notice to the recorded owner at least three days prior thereto, for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings, borings and examinations as he may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this Title, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass; nor shall such entry be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The commissioner shall make reimbursement for any actual damages resulting to such lands, waters and premises as a result of such activities;  h. Enter into cooperative agreements with any State department, agency or authority or any county or municipality enabling the State to negotiate for and condemn lands and also provide relocation services and payments deemed necessary for the effectuation of State or federally financed State Aid Transportation and related Programs;  i. Enter into agreements with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority with respect to the funding of the resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitation and reconstructing of the I-95 Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike through the allocation of monies apportioned by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to 23 U.S.C. s.119 or a successor program. Any such agreement shall be subject to the continued eligibility of the I-95 Extension for federal aid, the availability of funds appropriated by Congress and the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for that purpose. No such agreement shall constitute or create a debt or liability of the State within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation nor shall any such agreement constitute a pledge of either the faith and credit or the taxing power of the State; and  j. Do whatever may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes of this Title.  Amended 1967,c.174; 1972,c.56; 1991,c.183,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-21.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-21.3 - Vacation of unmapped parts of highway

27:7-21.3. Vacation of unmapped parts of highway  Where the route of a State highway has heretofore or hereafter been fixed and mapped by the State Highway Commissioner, he shall be deemed to have vacated any parts thereof not included in the highway as so mapped, pursuant to the power conferred upon the State Highway Commissioner in respect to the vacation of any State highway or part thereof as provided by section 27:7-21 of the Revised Statutes but nothing herein shall be deemed or construed to vacate any of said parts title to which has been acquired by the commissioner by purchase or condemnation. Upon the request of any interested person and the payment to the State Highway Commissioner of a fee of $5.00 for the use of the State, the State Highway Commissioner shall certify the fact of such vacation. L.1965, c. 25, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-21.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-21.4 - Leasing property acquired for transportation purposes; provision for termination of lease

27:7-21.4. Leasing property acquired for transportation purposes; provision for termination of lease  1. Any real or personal property heretofore or hereafter acquired by the Department of Transportation for a transportation or transportation related program or project may be leased by the Commissioner of Transportation to any person or public body or agency on a temporary basis. The commissioner shall include a provision in the lease which would allow the termination of the lease upon written notice thereof to the lessee prior to the conclusion of the term of the lease in accordance with a minimum period of time for that notice, such provision having been the subject of negotiation between the commissioner and the prospective lessee, so as to ensure that the occupancy of the property does not in any manner interfere with or delay the transportation program or project for which the property is needed. No person, public body or agency shall remain in possession of premises beyond the conclusion of the term of the lease or, in the case of a notice of termination, the date fixed by the commissioner in the notice. If the lessee remains past conclusion of the term of the lease or beyond the date fixed in the notice of termination, the department may institute a summary proceeding in the Superior Court, for an order to show cause as to why the department should not be granted immediate possession of the leased property and the property be vacated of its occupants.  L.1967,c.268,s.1; amended 1993,c.231,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 27:7-21.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 27 - Highways|Section 27:7-21.5 - Management, maintenance, repair and operation of leased property

27:7-21.5. Management, maintenance, repair and operation of leased property  The commissioner is hereby authorized to perform or contract for the performance of all acts necessary for the management, maintenance, repair and operation of property leased pursuant to this act and to expend moneys out of any rentals received for such management, maintenance, repair or operation. L.1967, c. 268, s. 2, eff. Jan. 8, 1968.