New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Chapter 9 - NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY › Subchapter 1 - TRAFFIC CONTROL ON, AND USE OF, NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE AUTHORITY PROPERTY › Section 19:9-1.12 - Damaging or defacing of the Roadway

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No unauthorized
				  person shall cut, mutilate or remove any trees, shrub or plants located on the
				  Roadway.
(b) No unauthorized person
				  shall deface, damage, mutilate or remove any official traffic control device,
				  delineator, structure, fence or other property or equipment of the Authority or
				  its concessionaires.
(c) No
				  material shall be discharged on the Roadway, whether intentionally or
				  unintentionally, that may cause damage to the Roadway, the general public, the
				  Authority, its agents and employees, or any real or personal property owned,
				  leased or under the supervision of the Authority. For purposes of this
				  subsection only, "damage" includes any effect which may be injurious to health,
				  safety or welfare, or which may cause financial loss or delay the movement of
				  traffic.
(d) The operator, owner or
				  lessee of any vehicle from which a discharge in violation of any provision of
				  this section or
				  19:9-1.1 0, 1.11(b) or 1.15
				  occurs, regardless of the cause of the discharge, shall cooperate fully with
				  the Authority, its employees, agents, and third parties authorized to respond
				  to an emergency, discharge or blockage of traffic by the Authority, the State
				  Police and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and shall take
				  any action deemed necessary by them to restore normal traffic conditions and to
				  remove spilled or otherwise discharged material from the Roadway immediately.
				  The vehicle operated, owned or leased by any person failing to cooperate or
				  take such action as deemed necessary by the official in charge of the scene
				  where the discharge occurred is subject to impoundment by the Authority, the
				  State Police, or the New Jersey Department of Transportation and their agents
				  and employees until such time as all penalties, towing and storage fees and
				  costs have been satisfied.
(e) In
				  addition to any penalties prescribed by this chapter or by the laws and
				  regulations of other government entities including, but not limited to, Titles
				  2C, 13, 27, 39 and 58 of the New Jersey Statutes and Federal law or regulation,
				  any person violating any provision of this section or
				  19:9-1.1 0, 1.11(b) or 1.15, shall
				  be liable to the Authority for any and all costs arising out of said violation,
				  including the costs of:
1. Collecting, testing
				  and disposing of the material and restoring the Roadway to its condition
				  immediately prior to the violation;
2. Replacing or repairing, in the Authority's
				  sole discretion, any property damaged by reason of said violation;
3. Toll and concession revenue lost because
				  of the closing of the Roadway, any part thereof, or any interchange by reason
				  of said violation;
4. Medical care,
				  supervision or other costs relating to personal injury suffered by the general
				  public, the Authority, its agents or employees; and
5. Any other costs arising out of said
				  violation and incurred by the Authority or third parties.