Title 27, Title 27: HIGHWAYS

27:14-13. Contract and bond; approval by commissioner; rejection; readvertising Before any work is done under the contract, the contract, together with the contractor's bond, shall be exhibited to the commissioner for his approval in writing thereon, but the commissioner may, if …

27:14-14. Time of payments; contractor's bond on completion of work; term The time and manner of payment for work done under a contract awarded under this article shall be set forth in the contract. When a contractor has completed his contract no percentage of the contract price …

27:14-15. Partial payments; engineers' certificate; final report; filing When a contract provides for partial payments based upon the amount of work done, the state highway engineer or his authorized agent, in conjunction with the county engineer shall, as each payment becomes du…

27:14-16. Partial payments for highway work; amount Contracts may provide for partial payments at least once each month or from time to time as the work progresses on work of construction or maintenance. Ten per centum of the amount due on partial payments on the first 50% of the…

27:14-17. Payment of state's share of construction cost; certification The state's share of the cost of all roads constructed under this article shall be paid out of any appropriations made therefor. The governor and the commissioner shall certify, from time to time, to the state…

27:14-18. Contribution by county; annual tax levy; deficiency and surplus On or before the time fixed by law for the closing and final adoption of the annual tax budget of the county, the board of chosen freeholders shall appropriate either in the annual tax budget or separately …

27:14-19. Bond issue instead of tax levy; vote required The board of chosen freeholders may, instead of certifying to the county board of taxation the county's share of the cost of any work done under this article, as required by section 27:14-18 of this title, by resolution adop…

27:14-2. Construction of public roads; action by freeholders; contribution by municipalities The board of chosen freeholders of any county may by resolution direct that a public road or section thereof, located within the county, being at least thirty-three feet in width and at l…

27:14-20. Acquisition of land; condemnation; abandonment When the board of chosen freeholders shall deem it necessary and advisable to acquire land for the purpose of laying out, widening, changing the location of or straightening any road improved or to be improved under this ar…

27:14-21. Certain roads chargeable to county; sidewalks and drains; maintenance After the approval by the commissioner of a contract under this article for the improvement of a road, the road shall thereafter be a county road. Any road improved under the provisions of any previou…

27:14-22. Widening roads; state aid; procedure The board of chosen freeholders may widen any existing road originally constructed or improved under this article, and the commissioner may contribute the state's money toward such widening in the same proportion as in cases of const…

27:14-23. Copy of all papers filed with commissioner A true copy of the specifications, bid, contract, bond, justification of surety and summary of all bids received, including any rejected and the cause therefor, certified to be such by the director of the board of chosen freeho…

27:14-24. County road supervisor; county engineer; county superintendent of bridges; assistants After the first county road shall have been constructed under this article in any county, the board of chosen freeholders shall appoint a county supervisor of roads, and a qualified ci…

27:14-24.2 Tenure in office for certain county road supervisors. 1. The board of chosen freeholders of any county of the first class may, by resolution, provide that the county road supervisor of the county shall continue to be the county road supervisor of the county during good…

27:14-25. Engineer and road supervisor; removal; procedure; successor The engineer or supervisor may be dismissed at any time by the board of chosen freeholders after a proper hearing upon proof sustaining, to its satisfaction, charges preferred by it or the commissioner, for inc…

27:14-26. Road closed temporarily; procedure If the commissioner shall deem it necessary to close a road or section thereof being constructed, improved or repaired under this article, in order to permit a proper completion of the work, he shall execute, and file with the clerk of…

27:14-27. Authorities may acquire quarries and gravel pits A board of chosen freeholders or other governing body charged with the construction, maintenance and repair of roads may acquire lands for gravel pits, stone quarries, or other natural deposits of road building materials …

27:14-28. Authority over trees When a road plan involving the treatment of trees or forests abutting upon any road improved under the provisions of any prior law providing for the construction, permanent improvement and maintenance of public roads in this state or under the provi…

27:14-29. Applicability of article; road construction by municipalities The provisions of this article shall extend to townships, towns, boroughs, villages or any municipality. The governing body, the assessor or assessors, the mayor or other chief executive officer, the clerk an…

27:14-3. Surveys and plans; approval by freeholders and commissioner After the passage of the resolution contemplated by section 27:14-2 of this title the board of chosen freeholders shall cause a survey of the road to be made and plans, cross sections and specifications of the w…

27:14-30. Improvement of county roads by boroughs; payment of cost When a county road or section thereof lies within the corporate limits of a borough, the borough may improve the road or section thereof in the same manner, as nearly as may be, as it could be improved by the boar…

27:14-31. Bond issues; reimbursement The board of chosen freeholders and the borough may issue bonds to meet the cost of the improvement in the same manner and to the same extent that bonds could have been issued if the improvement had been made by the board of chosen freeholders…

27:14-32. Consent to improvement by borough Before an improvement is undertaken by a borough by virtue of the provisions of section 27:14-30 of this title the consent and approval of the commissioner and of the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which the borough is sit…

27:14-35. Grade of road and sidewalks; work done by municipalities When a public road has or shall have been improved under the provisions of this article and in the course of the improvement the grade of the roadbed shall have been or shall be changed so that it shall not confor…

27:14-36. Restrictions on municipal improvements The proper authorities of any municipality through which any such road runs may make any municipal improvement upon or within the road within the limits of the municipality which may be authorized by law to be made in any of the ot…

27:14-37. Payment by municipalities; assessments for benefits The cost and expense of any of the public improvements authorized by sections 27:14-35 and 27:14-36 of this title shall, as far as possible, be assessed upon the real estate specially benefited by the improvement in pr…

27:14-38. Improvement by property owners at own expense; contract; approval by county If all the owners of property abutting on any road or highway which has not been improved or is not undergoing improvement, desire the road or any section thereof to be improved, and shall certi…

27:14-39. Completed road taken over by county; engineer's compensation Upon the completion of the work to the satisfaction of the county engineer and the board of freeholders, and upon the submission to the board of proper receipts showing full payment for all work done, the boar…

27:14-4. Cost defined For the purpose of estimating the state's share of the cost of the work, the cost shall include that of supervision and engineering.

27:14-40. Change of location of road The location of any portion of the road may be changed, if deemed desirable, upon obtaining the consent in writing of the owners of land abutting on the portion of the road to be changed, and upon acquiring, without expense to the county, the …

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 wh…

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 contr…

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 th…

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 fo…

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 i…

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 …

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 th…

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 b…

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…

27:14-5. Road improvements; extent of The road improvements contemplated by this article shall include the: a. Construction of the road and its intersections with other public roads; b. Restoration or construction as provided in this article of proper and adequate entrances to pr…

27:14-6. Bridges and culverts; specifications, advertisements and contracts Bridge and culvert building may be included in the road contract or separately contracted for and advertised as provided in section 27:14-12 of this title. Each separate contract shall be approved by the …

27:14-7. Supplemental contracts The board of chosen freeholders may, after the execution and approval by the commissioner of a contract for road improvements under this article make without public advertisement, supplemental contracts for additional work found to be necessary as …

27:14-8. Limitation on state aid in certain cases The state's share of or contribution to the cost of any improvement under this article shall be forty per cent of the estimated cost thereof, except as otherwise provided by law or when left to the discretion of the commissioner.

27:14-9. Contribution by municipalities; resolutions binding A resolution passed by the governing body of a municipality through which the road runs, to pay at least ten per cent of the cost of the improvement provided for in section 27:14-2 of this title, shall be binding upon i…