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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-48 - Bills certified to commissioner; payment; limitation

27:7-48. Bills certified to commissioner; payment; limitation
The board of chosen freeholders shall file with the commissioner certified copies of all bills. Payment to the board shall be made of the state's share of the costs of operation and repair from the amount set aside as hereinbefore provided, on certificate of the commissioner attached to the copies of bills, setting forth the amount of the share and the fact that the work described therein has been properly done, but the share assumed by the state shall not exceed thirty-three and one-third per cent.
Nothing herein contained shall authorize the payment as the state's share of the cost of operation and repair of an amount in excess of the sum set aside for that purpose.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-49 - Acquisition of property and rights

27:7-49. Acquisition of property and rights
The department may acquire for the state, by gift, devise, grant, purchase or condemnation for public use, land and water rights in any county of the sixth class, and place thereon structures and buildings and erect or purchase piers, wharves or docks for the landing of boats for the carrying and transportation of freights, vehicles and passengers.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-50 - Property to be part of highway system

27:7-50. Property to be part of highway system
The land or water rights and the piers, wharves or docks shall become a part of the state highway system and shall be under the supervision and control of the department, and when the piers, wharves or docks have been acquired or erected they shall be maintained by the state out of the funds appropriated, raised or collected for the use of the department.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-51 - Construction; law applicable

27:7-51. Construction; law applicable
The erection and construction of the piers, wharves, or docks, as situate within the territorial jurisdiction of New Jersey, shall be subject to the laws of New Jersey, as such laws apply to the construction of public highways in this state, when state money is used in the construction of the whole or a part of such highway.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-52 - Wharfage charges; regulations; lease with option to buy

27:7-52. Wharfage charges; regulations; lease with option to buy
The department shall prescribe such charges for the use of the piers or wharves and make such rules and regulations governing them as to it may seem reasonable and necessary. The piers, wharves or docks may be rented or leased by the commissioner for a period not to exceed ten years, with the privilege of purchasing at actual cost at the expiration of the lease.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-53 - Roads and parking areas; supervision by commissioner

27:7-53. Roads and parking areas; supervision by commissioner
All roads, parking areas and driveways on land owned by the State shall be constructed under the supervision of the commissioner, and all improvements to roads, parking areas and driveways already constructed on land owned by the State shall be made under the supervision of the commissioner, who shall prepare all necessary plans and specifications and advertise for bids for the work.
Amended by L.1968, c. 438, s. 1, eff. Feb. 19, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-54 - Cost of work; payment

27:7-54. Cost of work; payment
All payments for such roads, parking areas and driveways, and improvements to existing roads, parking areas and driveways on lands owned by the State, shall be paid out of appropriations made to the commissioner for that purpose. Nothing in this section or section 27:7-53 of this Title shall be construed to prevent the inmates and employees of any public institution from being employed on repairs and improvements of roads, parking areas and driveways used in connection with the institution.
Amended by L.1968, c. 438, s. 2, eff. Feb. 19, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-55 - Improved roads for state institutions

27:7-55. Improved roads for state institutions
The body having charge of any state institution may construct or improve any portion of a public road lying between an improved road located on the lands of the state, occupied by the institution, and the improved public road nearest to such institution, if and when an appropriation shall be made therefor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-57 - Use of highway funds for roads on state property

27:7-57. Use of highway funds for roads on state property
Any moneys appropriated to the state highway department for construction and maintenance of roads may be expended by it for roads on grounds under the control of the department of institutions and agencies or of the state board of education or for state parkways, or roads in state reservations, or at the state camp at Sea Girt.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-66 - Certified copy of map, plan or report indicating proposed highway; filing; contents; amendments

27:7-66. Certified copy of map, plan or report indicating proposed highway; filing; contents; amendments
Whenever the location of a proposed line of any new State highway shall have been approved by the commissioner, the commissioner may file a certified copy of a map, plan or report indicating such proposed line, the width whereof shall not exceed what is reasonably required in accordance with recognized standards of highway engineering practice, with the county clerk of each county within which the proposed line of said new highway is to be located and with the municipal clerk, planning board and building inspector of each municipality within which said line is located. The commissioner shall accompany such filing with his certification that residents of the municipality in which such filing is made have been afforded adequate opportunity to express any objections that they may have to the proposed location of such highway at a public hearing held at a convenient location for the purpose.
Any map, plan or report filed pursuant to this section may be amended from time to time by filing certified copies of a map, plan or report indicating any changes to be made in the location of proposed lines with the officials and in the manner set forth herein.
L.1968, c. 393, s. 9, eff. Jan. 2, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-68 - Agreements between commissioner and county or municipality; costs

27:7-68. Agreements between commissioner and county or municipality; costs
The commissioner may enter into agreements with any county or municipality or any authority or agency thereof, or with any authority, board, commission or other agency or instrumentality created by any 2 or more units of local government or by the State government or by any interstate compact or agreement to which this State is a party, for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal and removal of tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, and other equipment and appliances or utility facilities owned by such public bodies which are in, on, along, over or under any road over which the department has jurisdiction, where such agreement is required to carry out a transportation project of the department. The department may assume the entire cost incurred under the terms of such agreements.
L.1968, c. 393, s. 11, eff. Jan. 2, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-73 - Relocation assistance program

27:7-73. Relocation assistance program
The purpose of this act is to establish a uniform program for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced by the acquisition of real property by the Department of Transportation and by local governmental units utilizing funds of the Department of Transportation, State of New Jersey. This program shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Federal Highway Administration and the United States Department of Transportation relating to relocation assistance so as to fully qualify the New Jersey Department of Transportation for federal aid reimbursement under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended, including the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, Pub.L. 100-17 (23 U.S.C. s.101 et al.), and any successor or supplementary federal law. This program shall be uniform as to (a) relocation payments, (b) advisory assistance, (c) assurance of availability of standard housing and (d) State reimbursement for local relocation payments under State assisted and local programs.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 2; amended 1989,c.50,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-75 - Payments to displaced persons

27:7-75. Payments to displaced persons
a. Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by an agency will result in the displacement of any person, the agency shall provide for the payment to the displaced person of:
(1) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other personal property;
(2) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property, as determined by the agency;
(3) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and
(4) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization, or small business at its new site, in an amount to be determined according to criteria and limits as established by the commissioner in accordance with federal standards.
b. Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection a. of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this subsection in lieu of payments authorized by subsection a. of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance, which shall be determined according to a schedule established by the commissioner.
c. Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection a. of this section who is displaced from his place of business or farm operation and who is eligible under criteria established by the commissioner may elect to accept a payment authorized by this subsection in lieu of the payment authorized by subsection a. of this section. Such payment shall consist of a fixed payment in an amount to be determined according to criteria and limits established by the commissioner. A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling is the rental of such property to others shall not qualify for a payment under this subsection. All criteria and determinations made pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with applicable federal standards.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 4; amended 1989,c.50,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-76 - Additional payments to homeowners

27:7-76. Additional payments to homeowners
a. In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this act, the agency shall make an additional payment, within limits as established by regulations of the commissioner, in accordance with federal standards, to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actually owned and occupied by such displaced person for a period as established by regulations of the commissioner, in accordance with federal standards. Such additional payment shall include the following elements:
(1) The amount, if any, which when added to the acquisition cost of the dwelling acquired by the agency, equals the reasonable cost of a comparable replacement dwelling. Determinations required to carry out this paragraph shall be made pursuant to regulations of the commissioner, in accordance with federal standards.
(2) The amount, if any, which will compensate such displaced person for any increased interest costs and other debt service costs which such person is required to pay for financing the acquisition of any such comparable replacement dwelling. Such amount shall be paid only if the dwelling acquired by the agency was encumbered by a bona fide mortgage which was a valid lien on such dwelling for a period as established by regulations of the commissioner, in accordance with federal standards.
(3) Reasonable expenses incurred by such displaced person for evidence of title, recording fees, and other closing costs incident to the purchase of the replacement dwelling, but not including prepaid expenses.
b. The additional payment authorized by this section shall be made only to such a displaced person who purchases and occupies a replacement dwelling which is decent, safe, and sanitary, within one year after the date on which the person receives final payment from the displacing agency for the acquired dwelling or the date on which the displacing agency's obligation under section 8 of P.L. 1972, c. 47 (C. 27:7-79) is met, whichever is later, except that the displacing agency may extend the period for good cause. If the period is extended, the payment under this section shall be based on the costs of relocating the person to a comparable replacement dwelling within one year of the extended date.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 5; amended 1989,c.50,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-77 - Other displaced occupants

27:7-77. Other displaced occupants
a. In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this act, an agency shall make a payment to or for any person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under section 5 of P.L. 1972, c. 47 (C. 27:7-76), which dwelling was actually lawfully occupied by such displaced person for a period of time and under such circumstances as prescribed by regulations of the commissioner, in accordance with federal standards. Such payment shall be consistent with the computation of amounts, periods of time, and accommodation of income as set forth in those regulations. At the discretion of the agency, a payment under this subsection may be made in periodic installments.
b. Any person eligible for a payment under subsection a. of this section may elect to apply the payment to a down payment on, and other incidental expenses pursuant to, the purchase of a decent, safe, and sanitary replacement dwelling. This person may, at the discretion of the agency, be eligible under this subsection for maximum amounts established, and under conditions specified, by regulations of the commissioner, in accordance with federal standards.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 6; amended 1989,c.50,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-78 - Relocation assistance advisory program

27:7-78. Relocation assistance advisory program
a. Whenever the acquisition of real property for a program or project undertaken by the agency will result in displacement, the agency shall provide a relocation assistance advisory program for displaced persons which shall offer the services prescribed herein. If the agency determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the real property acquired is caused substantial economic injury because of the acquisition, it may offer such person relocation advisory services under such program.
b. Each relocation assistance program required by subsection a. shall include such measures, facilities, or services that are consistent with regulations of the commissioner, in accordance with federal standards.
c. The agency shall coordinate its relocation activities with other federal, State or local governmental actions in the community which could affect the efficient and effective delivery of relocation assistance and related services.
d. Notwithstanding subsection c. of section 3 of P.L. 1972, c. 47 (C. 27:7-74), in any case in which an agency acquires property for a program or project, any person who occupies the property on a rental basis for a short term or a period subject to termination when the property is needed for the program or project shall be eligible for advisory services to the extent determined by the agency.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 7; amended 1989,c.50,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-79 - Comparable replacement dwelling assurance

27:7-79. Comparable replacement dwelling assurance
Whenever the acquisition of a dwelling for a program or project undertaken by an agency will result in the displacement of any person on or after the effective date of this section, the agency shall assure that, within a reasonable amount of time, prior to displacement there will be available a comparable replacement dwelling, except that the commissioner may prescribe by regulation situations where such assurances may be waived.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 8; amended 1989,c.50,s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-80 - Funding for replacement dwellings

27:7-80. Funding for replacement dwellings
a. If a project cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the agency determines that such dwellings cannot otherwise be made available, the agency may take such action as is necessary or appropriate to provide such housing by use of funds authorized for such project. This shall be done on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with such regulations as the commissioner may issue. The regulations shall be consistent with applicable federal program requirements.
b. No person shall be required to move from his dwelling on account of any program or project undertaken by any agency, unless the agency is satisfied that a comparable replacement dwelling is available to such person.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 9; amended 1989,c.50,s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-81 - Payment deemed not income, resources

27:7-81. Payment deemed not income, resources
No payment received by a displaced person under this act shall be considered as income or resources for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any State law or for the purposes of the State's corporation tax law, State income tax or other tax laws. Such payment shall not be considered as income or resources of any recipient of public assistance and such payment shall not be deducted from the amount of aid to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 10; amended 1989,c.50,s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-82 - Coordination with other programs

27:7-82. Coordination with other programs
The payments authorized in this act shall not be construed as creating in any condemnation proceeding brought under the power of eminent domain any element of damages not in existence on the effective date of this act and such payments are to be in addition to the just compensation established in the condemnation proceedings but only to the extent that they are not otherwise included within the condemnation award. No payment or assistance shall be required to be made to any person or included as a program or project cost under P.L. 1972, c. 47 (C. 27:7-72 et seq.) if the person receives a payment required by federal or State law, or local ordinance, which is determined to have substantially the same purpose and effect as the payments authorized under this act.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 11; amended 1989,c.50,s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-83 - Appeal procedure

27:7-83. Appeal procedure
Any person or business concern aggrieved by any relocation procedure or determination concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this act may appeal such determination to the commissioner or his designated appointee but any such appeal must be filed within 1 year after the date of actual relocation.
L.1972, c. 47, s. 12, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-84 - Rules, regulations

27:7-84. Rules, regulations
a. To carry into effect the provisions of this act and to fully qualify the Department of Transportation for federal aid reimbursement under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970, as amended, including the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987, Pub.L. 100-17 (23 U.S.C. s.101 et al.), and any successor or supplementary federal law, the commissioner is authorized to make such rules and regulations as he may determine to be necessary to assure (1) that the payments and assistance authorized by this act shall be fair and reasonable and as uniform as practicable; (2) a displaced person who makes proper application for a payment authorized for such person by this act shall be paid promptly after a move or in hardship cases, be paid in advance; and (3) that any person aggrieved by a determination as to eligibility for a payment authorized by this act, or the amount of the payment, may have his application reviewed by the commissioner or his designated appointee.
b. The commissioner may make such other rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this act as he deems necessary or appropriate to carry out this act.
c. The commissioner, to achieve a uniform administration of related federal and State laws, may adopt all or any part of applicable federal law, rules and regulations.
d. Insofar as is consistent with other provisions of this act, the commissioner shall adopt the same standards, rules and regulations with regard to relocation assistance and relocation payments for all transportation projects whether or not such transportation projects are subject to standards, rules and regulations of relocation assistance and relocation payments required by the Federal Highway Administration or the United States Department of Transportation as a condition of receiving federal aid funds.
L. 1972, c. 47, s. 13; amended 1989,c.50,s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-85 - Federal aid assistance, additional action to qualify department

27:7-85. Federal aid assistance, additional action to qualify department
The commissioner is further authorized within the limits of funds and appropriations to take such additional action as may be required to fully qualify the department for any financial Federal aid assistance available for carrying out the purposes of this act.
L.1972, c. 47, s. 14, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-86 - Appropriations

27:7-86. Appropriations
There shall be made available from the funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation the sum of $100,000.00 for purposes of enabling the Right-of-Way Division to implement the provisions of this act.
L.1972, c. 47, s. 15, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-87 - Severability

27:7-87. Severability
If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act in the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.
L.1972, c. 47, s. 16, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-88 - Repeals

27:7-88. Repeals
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 16 of P.L.1968, c. 393 are repealed, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are, to the extent of such inconsistency, hereby repealed.
L.1972, c. 47, s. 17, eff. July 1, 1972.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-89 - Short title

27:7-89. Short title
Sections 1 through 10, inclusive, and sections 27, 28, 30, 31 and 32 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "State Highway Access Management Act."
L. 1989, c. 32, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-90 - Findings, declarations

27:7-90. Findings, declarations
The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. The purpose of the State highway system is to serve as a network of principal arterial routes for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods in the major travel corridors of the State.
b. The existing State highways which comprise the State highway system were constructed at great public expense and constitute irreplaceable public assets.
c. The State has a public trust responsibility to manage and maintain effectively each highway within the State highway system to preserve its functional integrity and public purpose for the present and future generations.
d. Land development activities and unrestricted access to State highways can impair the purpose of the State highway system and damage the public investment in that system.
e. Every owner of property which abuts a public road has a right of reasonable access to the general system of streets and highways in the State, but not to a particular means of access. The right of access is subject to regulation for the purpose of protecting the public health, safety and welfare.
f. Governmental entities through regulation may not eliminate all access to the general system of streets and highways without providing just compensation.
g. The access rights of an owner of property abutting a State highway must be held subordinate to the public's right and interest in a safe and efficient highway.
h. It is desirable for the Department of Transportation to establish through regulation a system of access management which will protect the functional integrity of the State highway system and the public investment in that system.
i. Areas characterized by extensive commercial activity oriented toward and dependent upon a State highway should not be classified by reason of that level of activity as urban environments for access management purposes, and where an area is also characterized by excessive driveway openings, excessive traffic congestion, excessive accident rates, or undesirably low average rates of speed the Department of Transportation should manage the State highway within the area to mitigate these nuisances.
j. The Department of Transportation should, in implementing an access management program, avoid undue burdens on property owners and should, where feasible, incorporate mitigation measures into comprehensive highway improvement programs.
k. Improved access management is beneficial for streets and highways of every functional classification, and a statutory plan providing for improved management should enable counties and municipalities to take full advantage of its provisions.
L. 1989, c. 32, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-92 - Access permit

27:7-92. Access permit
a. Any person seeking to construct or open a driveway or public street or highway entering into a State highway shall first obtain an access permit from the commissioner.
b. Every access permit, including street opening permits, in effect on the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act shall remain valid and effective until revoked or replaced.
c. Every State highway intersection with a driveway or public street or highway in existence prior to January 1, 1970 shall be assumed to have been constructed in accordance with an access permit, even if no permit was issued.
d. Access permits issued under this amendatory and supplementary act may contain whatever terms and conditions the commissioner finds necessary and convenient for effectuating the purposes of this amendatory and supplementary act, including but not limited to, the condition that a permit shall expire when the use of the property served by the access permit changes resulting in a significant increase in traffic or is expanded. Any increase in traffic that adds the greater of 100 movements during the peak hour, or 10 percent of the previously anticipated daily movements shall be considered significant. For projects for which a completed application has been made to the department for an access permit and which have received preliminary site plan approval or subdivision approval from the municipal approval authority pursuant to "The Municipal Land Use Law," P.L. 1975, c. 291 (C. 40:55D-1 et seq.), as of the date of the adoption of the access code, permit applications for that project shall be reviewed and approved according to the permit requirements in effect immediately prior to that date.
e. Any person constructing, maintaining or opening a driveway or public street or highway entering into a State highway, except as authorized by law, is subject to a civil penalty of $100. Each day in which an unauthorized driveway or public street or highway entering into a State highway is open, following written notice from the commissioner that the driveway or public street or highway is not authorized by law, is a separate violation. The commissioner may, in addition to or in conjunction with initiating a civil action for collection of this penalty, initiate an action in the Chancery Division of the Superior Court for injunctive relief.
L. 1989, c. 32, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-93 - Nonconforming lot access permit

27:7-93. Nonconforming lot access permit
The commissioner shall issue a nonconforming lot access permit for a property a. on his own motion or b. after finding that: (1) the property otherwise would not be eligible for an access permit under the access code because of insufficient frontage or other reason; (2) the lot on which the property is located was in existence prior to adoption of the access code; and (3) denial of an access permit would leave the property without reasonable access to the general system of streets and highways. Every nonconforming lot access permit shall specify limits on the maximum permissible vehicular use of any driveway constructed or operated under that permit.
L. 1989, c. 32, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-95 - Expansion, change in use

27:7-95. Expansion, change in use
a. Any property owner who expands or changes the use of property subject to an access permit issued before the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act shall be required to file an application for a new access permit if the expansion or change in the use will result in a significant increase in traffic. Any increase in traffic that adds the greater of 100 movements during the peak hour, or 10 percent of the previously anticipated daily movements shall be considered significant. Any such property owner who has not been granted such a new access permit shall be subject to enforcement in accordance with subsection e. of section 4 of this amendatory and supplementary act.
b. When the commissioner either denies an application for an access permit in accordance with section 4 or 5 of this amendatory and supplementary act because alternative access is available, or revokes an existing permit in accordance with section 6 of this amendatory and supplementary act because alternative access is available, the decision of the commissioner as to the appropriate location for an access driveway shall be final, the action of any municipal or county body to the contrary notwithstanding.
Any subsequent county or municipal review of the development which may be required shall abide by the commissioner's decision on this matter. The county or municipality may require additions or changes in the design of the development in accordance with any applicable provisions of its development review ordinances; provided that such additional requirements do not conflict with the commissioner's decision.
L. 1989, c. 32, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-96 - New subdivisions

27:7-96. New subdivisions
After adoption of the access code, as provided by section 3 of this amendatory and supplementary act, no property abutting a State highway shall be subdivided in a manner which would create additional lots abutting that highway unless all the abutting lots so created are in accord with the standards established in the access code.
L. 1989, c. 32, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-97 - Provision of alternative access

27:7-97. Provision of alternative access
The Commissioner of Transportation and every county and municipality may build new roads or acquire access easements to provide alternative access to existing developed lots which have no other means of access except to a State highway.
L. 1989, c. 32, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7-98 - Acquisition of right of access

27:7-98. Acquisition of right of access
In addition to any powers granted to him under this amendatory and supplementary act or any other provision of law, the commissioner may acquire, by purchase or condemnation, any right of access to any highway upon a determination that the public health, safety and welfare require it.
L. 1989, c. 32, s. 10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:7A-1 - Definitions

27:7A-1. Definitions
a. As used in this act:
"Limited access highway" means a highway especially designed for through traffic over which abutters have no easement or right of light, air or direct access, by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such way;
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Transportation.
b. The definitions in this section shall not be construed as restricting the ability of the commissioner to provide for the design of any State highway or element thereof, according to design standards in conformity with accepted engineering practice as determined by the commissioner.
c. The term "freeway" or "parkway," as used in any law which went into effect before the effective date of P.L. 1989, c. 32 (C. 27:7-89 et seq.), which designates any State highway as a "freeway" or "parkway" shall be construed to mean a "limited access highway" as defined in subsection a. of this section.
L. 1945, c. 83, s. 1; amended 1948,c.461,s.2, 1989, c. 32, s. 14.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.