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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-41 - Approaches to properties; payment by county

27:14-41. Approaches to properties; payment by county
The board of chosen freeholders may lay out, open, construct and improve, when such contemplated work is shown on the approved plans and cross sections, all necessary approaches to any properties along the line of such road which may have been destroyed or damaged by any alteration in the existing grade, whether within or without the line of the road, and all costs and expenses incurred therefor shall be paid by the board in the same manner as other work done under this article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-42 - Improvement of roads along state property; payment by state body

27:14-42. Improvement of roads along state property; payment by state body
When a public road is sought to be improved under the provisions of section 27:14-38 of this title, and property of the state fronts or borders thereon, the board of managers or other body having the control and management of such property may consent to the improvement of the road, and may enter into contract therefor in the manner provided by said section 27:14-38 and pay for the improvement out of any moneys appropriated to it.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-43 - Improvement of full width road at request of property owners

27:14-43. Improvement of full width road at request of property owners
When the owners of fifty-one per cent of the frontage of property abutting a road proposed to be improved by a board of chosen freeholders under the authority of this article, petition the governing body of the municipality in which their property and the road or section thereof proposed to be improved is situate, praying that the road or section thereof be improved and paved for its entire width from gutter to gutter, and agreeing to pay the entire added cost due to the increased width of improvement and pavement, the governing body may, with the consent of the commissioner contract with the board of chosen freeholders to pay such additional cost.
The contract shall fix and prescribe the time and manner of payment of the added cost by the municipality to the county. The cost and expense so contracted to be paid by the municipality shall be assessed and collected by the municipality upon and from the real estate abutting upon the road or section of road so improved in the same manner as other assessments for benefits for improvements in the municipality.
If the improvement contemplated is being undertaken by municipal instead of county authority, the extended improvement shall be authorized by the petition herein provided for, the consent of the authorities of the municipality and the consent of the commissioner, and the additional cost shall be assessed and collected as herein provided.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-44 - Repair and maintenance; funds; how raised

27:14-44. Repair and maintenance; funds; how raised
The board of chosen freeholders shall appropriate all moneys necessary to keep the roads constructed under this article in good repair and free from obstruction, and if the board shall have no money which may be lawfully used for such purposes, it may borrow it on the credit of the county, until the next annual taxes shall have been levied and collected.
The cost of all repairs and removal of obstructions shall be paid by the county treasurer upon the order of the board, and all bills for repairs and removal of obstructions shall be verified by affidavit and certified to be correct by the county supervisor of roads.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-45 - Maintenance of roads built by freeholders within certain cities

27:14-45. Maintenance of roads built by freeholders within certain cities
When a road or section of road constructed by the board of chosen freeholders prior to March twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, lies within the corporate limits of a city having a population in excess of twelve thousand, it shall be exclusively under the jurisdiction and control of the city, and shall be repaired and maintained by it, but this provision shall not extend to roads maintained under sections 27:17-2 to 27:17-13 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-46 - Maintenance and repair of roads leading to state institutions

27:14-46. Maintenance and repair of roads leading to state institutions
The commissioner may improve and keep in repair any road, or section thereof, leading up to any institution, park or reservation maintained wholly by the state, and cause plans and specifications therefor to be made. Any such improvement shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this article and the payment of the cost of the improvement and the repair of such road after improvement shall be paid out of any appropriation made for the improvement and maintenance of roads authorized to be improved or maintained under this article, or for the repair of said roads, out of any moneys derived by the commissioner pursuant to any law. All such payments shall be made out of the state treasury, on the warrant of the comptroller, on bills duly approved by the commissioner.
Nothing in this article shall prevent the improvement or maintenance by the commissioner of any city street which leads up to any such institution, park or reservation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-47 - Extraordinary repairs or reconstruction; approval

27:14-47. Extraordinary repairs or reconstruction; approval
When an improved public road is in need of extraordinary repairs or reconstruction, the public body charged with its care shall prepare specifications and any plans and cross sections necessary to explain and describe the repairs contemplated and forward them to the commissioner, who may in his discretion approve them and certify the amount of state moneys he will set aside for the repair of such roads.
Upon the approval and issuance of the certificate of the commissioner as provided in this article, the public body shall advertise for bids and thereafter proceed as provided in this article.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-48 - Extraordinary repairs; payment of cost; state aid

27:14-48. Extraordinary repairs; payment of cost; state aid
If the public body referred to in section 27:14-47 of this title shall not have sufficient funds with which to pay its share of the cost of such repairs, it may issue bonds in a sum not exceeding the sum to be advanced by the commissioner for and towards such repairs as stated in its certificate, to defray and pay its share of the costs.
The commissioner may, in his discretion, approve and permit the use of not more than fifty per cent of the motor vehicle fund allotment made by the state to the counties each year to be used toward the payment of interest on such bonds, and for the retirement of such bonds, except that he shall not permit the use of the state motor vehicle funds for such purposes in an amount which, if subtracted from the total allotment by the state to the county would, in the opinion of the commissioner, leave an amount insufficient for the proper repair and maintenance of the other existing county roads.
No motor vehicle funds shall be used for any work or contract performed or entered into by a county prior to March twenty-sixth, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:14-49 - Municipality may borrow certain amount for road repairs; repayment

27:14-49. Municipality may borrow certain amount for road repairs; repayment
When the commissioner shall issue to a municipality or public body charged with the maintenance of any improved roads, his certificate setting forth the amount set aside by him for the repair of any such road, from moneys under his control available for road repairs, the body having control of the finances of the municipality or public body may borrow money on temporary loan to an amount not to exceed the amount named in such certificate in anticipation of the payment of the amount named in such certificate to the municipality or public body in accordance with the provisions of this article, and may apply the proceeds of the loan to the payment of the cost of the repairs of such road. The temporary loan shall be repaid upon payment to the municipality or public body of the sum in anticipation of payment of which the loan was made.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.1 - Schedule; official map; filing

27:15-1.1. Schedule; official map; filing
The governing body of any municipality desiring to avail itself of the State aid provided in section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes shall, on or before the first day of March following receipt of the notification of amount of State aid available to it as provided for in said section, file with the State Highway Commissioner a schedule, approved by resolution of the governing body of such municipality, setting forth all work proposed to be undertaken by such municipality in which all or any part of such State aid is to be used, together with the respective estimated costs thereof. When requested by the State Highway Commissioner, any such municipality shall file with said commissioner the latest official map of such municipality showing all municipal roads of such municipality and indicating those which are improved and those which are unimproved, setting forth the mileage of each.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 205, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.3 - Standards of work

27:15-1.3. Standards of work
All work undertaken by any municipality, in which all or any part of the State aid, provided in section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes is used, shall be performed in accordance with such standards as the State Highway Commissioner shall prescribe.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 205, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.4 - Schedule; engineering and planning work by municipality

27:15-1.4. Schedule; engineering and planning work by municipality
In any case where any such State aid is to be expended for construction or reconstruction work, the schedule referred to in section two hereof shall provide for any necessary engineering and planning work to be performed by the municipality.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 205, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.5 - Width of road, state aid regardless of

27:15-1.5. Width of road, state aid regardless of
In any case where any such State aid is to be expended for the construction of any municipal road between curbs and gutters, where such curbs and gutters have heretofore been laid at the cost of the municipality and are in existence at the time the schedule referred to in section two hereof is filed, the State shall participate, within the limits of such State aid herein prescribed, in the entire cost of the construction of the road between the gutters regardless of the width thereof.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 206, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.6 - Work and costs to be included

27:15-1.6. Work and costs to be included
In any case where any such State aid is to be expended for construction work, such work shall include, in addition to constructing the road, the survey and preparation of plans, profiles and cross sections, the grading and drainage of the road and the construction of the necessary culverts and bridges, the construction and maintenance of which is by law imposed upon the municipal authorities, together with the cost of necessary embankments and retaining walls, engineering fees and the cost of the acquisition of the necessary rights of way.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 206, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.7 - Plans and specifications

27:15-1.7. Plans and specifications
In any case where any such State aid is to be expended for construction or reconstruction work, there shall be filed by the municipality with the State Highway Commissioner plans and specifications therefor, approved by resolution of the governing body of such municipality; and no such construction or reconstruction work shall be undertaken by such municipality unless such plans and specifications therefor have been approved by the State Highway Commissioner.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 206, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.8 - Time of disbursement to municipality; report; deduction of amount unexpended; reserve

27:15-1.8. Time of disbursement to municipality; report; deduction of amount unexpended; reserve
On or before the thirtieth day of June following the filing of a schedule by any municipality as required pursuant to the provisions of section two hereof, there shall be disbursed to such municipality, out of the amount of State aid made available to it pursuant to the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes, in accordance with such regulations as the State Highway Commissioner shall prescribe, the State's share of the cost, as shown in such schedule, for maintenance, lighting and repair of the municipal roads of such municipality.
During the month of January in the year following that in which such State aid was disbursed, such municipality shall file with the State Highway Commissioner a report, on such form as the commissioner shall prescribe. Such report shall include a statement setting forth all expenditures made by such municipality out of, or obligations incurred by it against, such State aid. In the event that any part of such State aid has not been expended for any of the aforementioned purposes, and is not required to meet obligations incurred for any of such purposes against such State aid, the State Highway Commissioner shall deduct an amount equal to such amount unexpended and not required to meet such obligations, from any amount of State aid made available to such municipality in accordance with the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes and applicable to the calendar year in which the report mentioned in this paragraph is made. The State Highway Commissioner shall cause the amount so deducted to be reserved to the credit of such municipality in the same manner, and subject to the same terms, as if such municipality had requested such reservation, prior to disbursement to it of such amount, in accordance with the provisions of section thirteen of this act.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 206, s. 9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.9 - Approval of disbursements; application; disbursement during work

27:15-1.9. Approval of disbursements; application; disbursement during work
Disbursement of all or any part of the amount of State aid made available to any municipality pursuant to the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes and required in the construction or reconstruction of municipal roads in such municipality shall be made on approval by the State Highway Commissioner of the application of such municipality therefor directed to him. The application shall be made on such form as the State Highway Commissioner shall prescribe, and shall include a statement setting forth the work performed and the detailed cost thereof. Disbursement may be made, under such regulations as the State Highway Commissioner shall prescribe, during the progress of such work, final payment to be made upon completion thereof, but such regulations shall not require the withholding of a larger percentage from the contractor pending and upon completion of the contract than is authorized in the case of State contracts pursuant to section 27:7-34 of the Revised Statutes.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 207, s. 10. Amended by L.1958, c. 7, p. 28, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.10 - Maximum percentage of State's share

27:15-1.10. Maximum percentage of State's share
The State's share of the cost of any work undertaken pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not exceed ninety per centum (90%) of the total cost of such work.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 208, s. 11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.12 - Reserve to credit of municipality of state aid available

27:15-1.12. Reserve to credit of municipality of state aid available
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary:
Any municipality may, on or before the first day of March following receipt of the notification provided for in subsection D of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes, submit to the State Highway Commissioner a written request to reserve to the credit of such municipality all or any portion of the State aid made available to it pursuant to such notification; such amount of State aid to be used by such municipality, during any of the three calendar years next ensuing the receipt of such notification, for any of the purposes, and in accordance with the provisions, of this act.
Such request shall contain a statement to the effect that such municipality does not intend to use such amount of State aid during the year in which the same is made applicable pursuant to the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes. Upon receipt of such request, the State Highway Commissioner shall cause to be reserved to the credit of such municipality said amount of State aid; and such amount may be used by such municipality for any of the purposes and in accordance with the provisions of this act, during any of the three calendar years next ensuing the receipt of the notification provided for in subsection D of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes. Any amount of the sum so reserved to the credit of such municipality remaining unused by such municipality at the expiration of such three-year period shall lapse and become part of the motor vehicle revenues in the General State Fund.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 209, s. 13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.13 - Undistributed amount to lapse unless reserved

27:15-1.13. Undistributed amount to lapse unless reserved
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary:
Unless reserved as provided in this act, any amount of the State aid made available to any municipality pursuant to the provisions of section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes remaining undistributed to such municipality at the expiration of the calendar year in which the same is by said sections applicable and not required to meet any obligations incurred during said year by such municipality under said allotment, shall lapse and become part of the motor vehicle revenues in the General State Fund.
L.1947, c. 62, p. 209, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.15 - Repeal; existing agreements

27:15-1.15. Repeal; existing agreements
Sections 27:15-2 to 27:15-6, inclusive, 27:15-9 to 27:15-15, inclusive, and 27:15-18 of the Revised Statutes and "An act concerning highways, and supplementing chapter fifteen of Title 27 of the Revised Statutes," passed June twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two (P.L.1942, c. 261), are hereby repealed; provided, however, that the provisions thereof shall continue to apply with full force and effect to any work, or any agreement with respect thereto, undertaken or to be undertaken, or entered into, pursuant to the provisions of such sections, with State aid therefor apportioned or distributed or to be apportioned or distributed from net receipts of the motor vehicle revenues set aside prior to the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, or from any sum appropriated to carry out the purposes and provisions of "An act concerning county and municipal budgets," approved February thirteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven (P.L.1947, c. 4).
L.1947, c. 62, p. 213, s. 16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-1.16 - Repeal

27:15-1.16. Repeal
The following act is hereby repealed: "An act concerning State aid for the construction, reconstruction, grading, drainage, maintenance and repair of certain city, town, township, village and borough roads, and amending section 27:15-1 of the Revised Statutes," approved April thirtieth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-six (P.L.1946, c. 196).
L.1947, c. 62, p. 213, s. 17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-7 - Method of raising money; taxation and bond issue

27:15-7. Method of raising money; taxation and bond issue
The governing bodies of the municipalities may raise the funds necessary for the work contemplated by this chapter by taxation, by assessment in the manner provided for assessing local improvements under chapter 56 of the Title Municipalities and Counties (Par. 40:56-1 et seq.) or by temporary loans. The amount of the temporary loans and the interest thereon until the time of payment shall be included in the tax levy of the year following that in which the indebtedness is incurred.
Any municipality may accept contributions from any person toward meeting its share of the cost of this work. The financial officer of the municipality shall receive such contributions and properly credit them.
When the cost of the work exceeds the sum of ten thousand dollars the municipality may issue bonds therefor in the manner provided by Article 1 of chapter 1 of the Title Municipalities and Counties (Par. 40:1-1 et seq.).
Amended by L.1938, c. 403, p. 1191, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-8 - Acquisition of lands; width of right of way

27:15-8. Acquisition of lands; width of right of way
Any municipality may acquire any land necessary for straightening or relocating any road on which work is to be done under this chapter by gift, grant, demise, purchase, or by condemnation in the manner provided by law.
All roads on which work may be done under this chapter shall have a right of way not less than thirty-three feet wide.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-16 - Use of moneys for road lighting, traffic lights, underpasses and overpasses

27:15-16. Use of moneys for road lighting, traffic lights, underpasses and overpasses
Such funds as are made available pursuant to this chapter may be utilized for the lighting of the roads mentioned in this chapter, including the construction of traffic lights, and for the construction of underpasses and overpasses for school children, where such underpasses or overpasses may be deemed necessary by the joint action of the governing body of any municipality and the State Highway Commissioner. The installation of any traffic lights pursuant to the provisions of this section shall first be approved by the Director of Motor Vehicles.
Amended by L.1955, c. 73, p. 238, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-17 - "Unimproved road" defined

27:15-17. "Unimproved road" defined
Whenever the words "unimproved road" are used in chapter fifteen, Title 27 of the Revised Statutes they shall mean any road, which in the opinion of the State highway engineer, is unsuitable for present day traffic.
L.1938, c. 362, p. 917, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-19 - Unused moneys appropriated for road and street maintenance; use for improvements

27:15-19. Unused moneys appropriated for road and street maintenance; use for improvements
Where moneys were, prior to the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven, appropriated by law for the maintenance of city, town, township, borough and village roads and streets, and any part of such moneys remains reserved, unused, and unobligated, and local conditions indicate that it would be more economical and advantageous to use these funds for new construction, reconstruction, betterment or improvement of said roads and streets, the State Highway Commissioner, upon application of the municipality, may permit the use of such remaining funds for the aforesaid purposes.
L.1948, c. 124, p. 842, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15-20 - Repeal

27:15-20. Repeal
"An act authorizing municipalities in certain counties to use moneys appropriated for road and street maintenance for general road and street improvements in such municipalities, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commissioner," approved November eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, is repealed.
L.1948, c. 124, p. 842, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15A-1 - State Highway Commissioner authorized to approve applications for state aid in repairing certain county roads or bridges

27:15A-1. State Highway Commissioner authorized to approve applications for state aid in repairing certain county roads or bridges
Whenever any appropriation is made in any general or special appropriation bill for the purpose of defraying, or reimbursing the various counties for, all or any part of the cost of repairing damage to, or replacing, improved county public roads or improved county bridges, damaged or destroyed by reason of unusual storm, floods, or other abnormal conditions, creating an emergency with respect to public travel in the affected areas in said counties, the State Highway Commissioner is empowered and directed to receive, consider and approve applications of the various counties of this State for State assistance in the repair or replacement of said public roads and public bridges from the funds so appropriated.
L.1946, c. 301, p. 1002, s. 1. Amended by L.1947, c. 127, p. 598, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15A-2 - Application by board of chosen freeholders

27:15A-2. Application by board of chosen freeholders
The board of chosen freeholders of any county, in which any such damage was caused to the public roads or public bridges of the county, may file an application for such State assistance with the State Highway Commissioner.
L.1946, c. 301, p. 1002, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15A-3 - Application; plans and specifications

27:15A-3. Application; plans and specifications
Such application shall contain a brief description of such damage to the public roads or public bridges and shall be accompanied by plans and specifications for the repair of the damage, or the replacement of such roads or bridges, or in accordance with which such damage was repaired or the same replaced, which said plans and specifications shall have been approved by the county engineer of the county affected.
L.1946, c. 301, p. 1002, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15A-4 - Approval or disapproval within thirty days

27:15A-4. Approval or disapproval within thirty days
The State Highway Commissioner, within thirty days from the date of the filing of any such application by any county so affected, shall either approve the same or disapprove and return the same with reasons for disapproval after which the application may be resubmitted by the county to which it has been returned and may be acted upon in the same manner as if originally filed in the amended or corrected form.
L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15A-5 - Certification of amount set aside; limitation

27:15A-5. Certification of amount set aside; limitation
Upon the approval of any such application, the State Highway Commissioner is hereby empowered and authorized in his discretion to certify the amount of State moneys which he will set aside, and pay to the said county, for or on account of the repair or replacement of such roads or bridges up to an amount not exceeding seventy-five per centum (75%) of the total cost thereof.
L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15A-6 - Commissioner to supervise or approve work

27:15A-6. Commissioner to supervise or approve work
All work undertaken under this chapter by any county and approved by the State Highway Commissioner shall be done under the supervision and control of the State Highway Commissioner or, if already performed, shall be approved by him and no funds shall be disbursed except with, and upon, the approval of the State Highway Commissioner.
L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:15A-7 - Expenditures authorized; filing of resolution

27:15A-7. Expenditures authorized; filing of resolution
Upon the approval of any application herein contemplated by the State Highway Commissioner, the board of chosen freeholders of any such county may by resolution authorize the expenditure and disbursement by the county treasurer of the difference between the total cost of such repairs and the amount of State assistance certified by the State Highway Commissioner for such repairs, irrespective of whether or not any funds shall have been appropriated for said purpose in the budget of said county during the year when said application shall have been approved by the State Highway Commissioner. A copy of such resolution, certified by the clerk to the board of chosen freeholders of any such county, shall be filed with the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance within three days after passage and no further approval for the expenditure of the funds in such resolution shall be necessary from the Division of Local Government in the State Department of Taxation and Finance.
L.1946, c. 301, p. 1003, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-1 - County powers

27:16-1. County powers
The governing body of any county may:
a. Lay out and open such free public roads in the counties as it may deem useful for the accommodation of travel between two or more communities;
b. Acquire roads and highways, or portions thereof, within the limits of the county;
c. Widen, alter, straighten, and change the grade or location of any road or highway under its control, or any part thereof;
d. Improve, pave, repave, surface or resurface, repair and maintain any road or highway under its control, either in whole or in part;
e. Protect any road or highway under its control, or any part thereof, by the construction of sewers, drains, culverts, receiving basins, jetties, bulkheads, seawalls, or other means and devices, either in or on the road or highway or on land adjacent thereto;
f. Light, beautify and ornament any road or highway under its control, or any part thereof and, in any county where a county park commission does not exist, construct and maintain along any road or highway where it touches upon a navigable stream, a public park for recreation purposes, as well as public docks and wharves, but the cost of the park and docks and wharves shall not exceed $100,000;
g. Vacate any road or highway under its control, or any portion thereof, that may be unnecessary for public travel;
h. Lay out and open or acquire limited access highways as defined in section 1 of P.L. 1945, c. 83 (C. 27:7A-1) and subject to the terms of that law; and
i. For roads and highways under its control adopt an access management code which satisfies the standards embodied in the access code adopted by the Commissioner of Transportation under section 3 of the "State Highway Access Management Act," P.L. 1989, c. 32 (C. 27:7-91). This code shall comply with the provisions of the "State Highway Access Management Act," and provide reasonable access by abutting landowners to roads and highways.
Where any building or other structure has or shall have been erected or constructed upon any portion of a road or highway under its control, such portion of the road or highway may be vacated or the continuance of such building or structure in its location authorized for such period as may be deemed advisable, if the portion of such road or highway so occupied be declared by the board to be unnecessary for public travel.
Amended L. 1989, c. 32, s. 22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-2 - Acquisition of roads and real estate; procedure

27:16-2. Acquisition of roads and real estate; procedure
The board of chosen freeholders may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, any public road, toll road, private road or byroad, or any portion thereof, or any real estate, or interest therein, for any of the purposes set forth in section 27:16-1 of this title. Action in respect thereto shall be by resolution designating the road, real estate, or interest therein, to be acquired, naming the municipality or municipalities in which it shall be situate or through which it shall extend. To the resolution shall be attached a map or maps showing the road, or real estate, to be acquired, and the lines, location, width and length thereof. A copy of the resolution, together with the map or maps attached, certified by the clerk of the board shall, within thirty days after the adoption of the resolution, be filed in the office of the county clerk for public inspection.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-3 - Acquisition of roads; hearing and notice

27:16-3. Acquisition of roads; hearing and notice
After the resolution and map or maps shall have been filed with the county clerk, the board shall give public notice in two or more newspapers printed and circulating in the county, one of which shall be in a newspaper circulating in the municipality or municipalities where the proposed road is to be located, of the filing of the resolution and map or maps for public inspection. The notice shall state the time and place, when and where, the board will meet to consider the proposed improvement. The notice shall be printed at least ten days prior to the time fixed for the meeting. At the time and place designated in the notice, the board shall meet for the purpose of hearing and considering any objection to the proposed improvement which may be presented by any person interested therein.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-4 - Maps revised; originals voided

27:16-4. Maps revised; originals voided
After hearing and considering any objections which may be presented, the board may adopt the map or maps, or alter, revise, correct or change them or abandon the improvement. If the board shall alter, revise, correct or change the map or maps, it shall file an altered, revised or corrected map or maps in the office of the county clerk, and those originally filed shall be marked void by the county clerk.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-5 - Municipal roads taken over by county; consent; resolutions

27:16-5. Municipal roads taken over by county; consent; resolutions
A road, or portion thereof, owned or controlled by one or more municipalities, may be taken over by the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which it is located. Upon filing in the office of the county clerk a resolution of the board of chosen freeholders providing for the taking over of any such road, or portion thereof, accompanied by a resolution of the body having charge of the roads and highways in each of such municipalities consenting to the taking over of such road or highway, or portion thereof, located in the respective municipalities, the road or highway, or portion thereof, designated in the resolution, shall become a county road. The resolution may provide for the taking over of several roads or portions thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-6 - Maintenance of roads; easements and rights of way

27:16-6. Maintenance of roads; easements and rights of way
The duty of maintaining and keeping in repair every road so laid out and opened, taken over, or acquired, shall devolve exclusively upon the board of chosen freeholders, and all other duties and all powers respecting such road shall be imposed upon and be vested in it, but when a road is acquired in accordance with section 27:16-5 of this title nothing herein contained shall divest any municipality in which the road or any portion thereof may be, or through which it may extend, of its authority to light such road, or its power to construct, grade, curb, pave or repair the sidewalks and curbs along it, nor shall this power of the municipalities divest the board of chosen freeholders of its right to construct across or under the sidewalks of the road the necessary culverts or other structures for the proper drainage, protection and maintenance of the road.
The board of chosen freeholders shall not grant an easement, right of way, or use in, under or over, any portion of a county road in a municipality, unless the governing body of the municipality, or the board of public utility commissioners, shall consent thereto. When, in connection with any such grant, the consent of property owners is required by law, it shall be obtained before such grant of any such easement, right of way or use.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-9 - Survey of road prior to improvement or repair

27:16-9. Survey of road prior to improvement or repair
Before the board of chosen freeholders shall commence the improvement or repair of a road it shall cause a survey thereof to be made, and plans and specifications of the work to be done thereon shall be prepared. This section shall not apply where ordinary or minor repairs are to be made.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-10 - Improvements; plans and specifications; bids and contracts

27:16-10. Improvements; plans and specifications; bids and contracts
The board of chosen freeholders of any county contemplating the improvement of a road shall designate the kind of material to be used, adopt plans and specifications therefor, and advertise for proposals for doing the work under the plans and specifications adopted and with the materials designated.
It may solicit bids for the work before the passage of a resolution providing for the improvement, and announce the bids at the meeting of the board at which the resolution is considered, and may award a contract under such bids at the meeting at which the resolution providing for the improvement is adopted, or at another regular, special or adjourned meeting.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-11 - Matters affecting several parts of road included as single proceeding

27:16-11. Matters affecting several parts of road included as single proceeding
When proceedings are taken for the laying out, opening, alteration or vacation of any road, and such road shall consist of several parts or pieces which although not directly connecting have the same general direction, or a general bearing or relation to each other, or when the road shall consist of several parts or branches which do connect, all of the parts, pieces or branches may be laid out, opened, altered or vacated in the same set of papers or proceedings.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-12 - Extraordinary repairs; state aid; procedure where state refuses aid; bonds

27:16-12. Extraordinary repairs; state aid; procedure where state refuses aid; bonds
When a county road is in need of extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction, the public body of the county charged with its care shall prepare specifications and any plans and cross sections necessary to explain and describe the extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction, contemplated, and forward them to the state highway commissioner. The specifications, plans and cross sections may include and provide for a paved surface of a type different from the existing road, either in materials or method of construction, or in width, and may also include and provide for guttering, curbing, the substantial reduction of grades or other matters incidental or appurtenant to the paved surface. The commissioner may in his discretion approve of such specifications, plans and cross sections, and certify the amount of state moneys he will set aside for the repair of such roads. On its approval and issue of certificate, as provided in article 2 of chapter 14 of this title (s. 27:14-2 et seq.) such public body shall advertise for bids and otherwise proceed as directed by said article 2.
If the commissioner shall fail, for thirty days after the receipt by him of the specifications, plans and cross sections, to certify and set apart any state moneys for such extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction, or shall within said thirty days, notify such public body of his refusal or inability to make such appropriation, the public body may forthwith proceed to make the extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction to such road, in accordance with the specifications, plans and cross sections submitted, and may award a contract for the doing of the work, after having first advertised for bids therefor as provided in chapter 25 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:25-1 et seq.). The extraordinary repair shall be made or the road shall be reconstructed, or construction undertaken under the supervision of the engineer of the county.
If the county shall not have sufficient funds with which to pay for the cost of such extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction, or its share thereof, such public body of the county may issue certificates of indebtedness and bonds in the manner provided by law in a sum not exceeding the amount of the cost of such extraordinary repair, construction or reconstruction or its share thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-13 - Protection of roads near tidewater; acquisition of lands

27:16-13. Protection of roads near tidewater; acquisition of lands
If a county road is in danger of being damaged or destroyed by tidewaters the board of chosen freeholders may by a two-thirds vote, acquire by gift, purchase or condemnation, lands and meadows adjacent to the road and maintain the banks along such lands and meadows for the protection and preservation of the road. If an income can be derived from any land so acquired it shall be paid to the county treasurer. Condemnation proceedings, when resorted to, shall be brought in accordance with the provisions of article 2 of this chapter (s. 27:16-42 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-14 - Agreement with land owners to maintain banks

27:16-14. Agreement with land owners to maintain banks
In lieu of acquiring lands and meadows under the provisions of section 27:16-13 of this title, the board may, by a two-thirds vote, contract with the owner, possessor or holder of adjacent lands and meadows to maintain the banks and ditches along, upon and over the adjacent lands or meadows for the protection of county roads. The amount agreed upon as the county's share for such maintenance shall be paid from the county funds appropriated for road maintenance.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-15 - Widening certain roads; contracts with railway companies; grade crossing elimination

27:16-15. Widening certain roads; contracts with railway companies; grade crossing elimination
When a county road is not built and improved to its authorized or full width and in the judgment of the board of chosen freeholders it is desirable that it be so built and improved for the accommodation of public travel, the board may, upon the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of all its members, so build and improve it.
If a street railway company has its rails laid on the road or any part thereof, the board may enter into an agreement with the company whereby the company, in consideration of the work being undertaken, will bear and pay a portion of the cost thereof. If the road is crossed by a steam railroad at grade the board may enter into an agreement with the railroad company owning or operating such steam railroad and the street railway company using the road, to change the grade of the road or tracks of the steam railroad and abolish the grade crossing, in the manner provided by law, and the funds for these purposes shall be raised by the board in the manner provided by section 27:16-19 of this title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-16 - Bidding required

27:16-16. Bidding required
If the cost of the improvement contemplated by section 27:16-15 of this Title exceeds the amount set forth in or the amount calculated by the Governor pursuant to, R.S. 27:2-1, bids shall be invited for the performance thereof by publication in one or more newspapers in the county, for two weeks prior to the time appointed for receiving the bids. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, who shall furnish good and sufficient security for the performance thereof, to the satisfaction of the board of chosen freeholders.
Amended by L. 1959, c. 110, p. 520, s. 2; L. 1985, c. 469, s. 4, eff. Jan. 16, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-17 - Contract; parties; contribution by railway company

27:16-17. Contract; parties; contribution by railway company
The contract for the work may be made between the board of chosen freeholders and the successful bidder, in which event the railway company shall execute an agreement to pay its share from time to time to the board as the payments mature, or the contract may be made in the names of the board, the railway company and the successful bidder, whereby the board and the company shall each agree to pay directly to the contractor its share of the cost.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-19 - Bond issue

27:16-19. Bond issue
If the board of chosen freeholders has not sufficient funds on hand available for the purpose it may issue bonds to pay the cost of the improvement or its share thereof. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-20 - Certain roads located in adjoining county; construction; consent required

27:16-20. Certain roads located in adjoining county; construction; consent required
The board of chosen freeholders of any county may maintain, construct and repair a road located in an adjoining county where it is a continuation of a county road and leads to an institution conducted and controlled by the first mentioned county, if the board of chosen freeholders of the county wherein the road is situated shall first consent thereto.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-21 - Bond issue

27:16-21. Bond issue
For the purpose of providing the money necessary for the construction of the road contemplated by section 27:16-20 of this title the board of chosen freeholders may issue bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (s. 40:1-1 et seq.).
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 27 - Highways › Section 27:16-23 - Water pipes, sewers, and house connections in roads; pavement restored

27:16-23. Water pipes, sewers, and house connections in roads; pavement restored
The board of chosen freeholders, or any county board or commission, owning or having control of a road, parkway or other highway, may grant permission to any municipality to lay water mains, sewers and proper house connections in such road, parkway or other highway, upon application being made to such board or body for that purpose by any municipality in which such road, parkway or other highway is situate.
Permission shall not be granted until the municipality applying therefor shall enter into a written agreement with such board or body regarding inspection and the restoration of the surface of the road, parkway, or other highway to the same condition in which it was before being opened for such purpose.
The agreement shall provide that on failure of the municipality so to restore the surface for a period of ninety days after notice from the board or body requiring such restoration, such board or body may itself undertake the work and recover the expense of restoration from the municipality by an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction.