Title 27, Title 27: HIGHWAYS

27:7-42. Highway beautification; fund for The commissioner may set apart in any calendar year from the amount subject to expenditure in that year for state highway construction, a sum not exceeding one per cent of the amount expended by the commissioner in the preceding calendar …

27:7-42.1 Use of native vegetation by Department of Transportation. 1. a. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary and except as provided otherwise pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, no later than the 180th day after the d…

27:7-42.2 Findings, declarations relative to an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program." 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. It is in the public interest of the State of New Jersey to ensure that the roadsides in New Jersey are safe, ecologically integrated…

27:7-42.3 Definitions relative to an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program." 2. As used in P.L.2017, c.44 (C.27:7-42.2 et al.): "Advisory Committee" means the Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Technical Advisory Committee established by section 4 of P.L.2017,…

27:7-42.4 "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program." 3. a. There is established, within the Department of Transportation, an "Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Program" to: (1) Assess the conditions existing along roadsides in the State; (2) Develop and adopt a …

27:7-42.5 Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Technical Advisory Committee. 4. a. There is created, within the Department of Transportation, an Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Technical Advisory Committee to provide advice on the development and implementation of …

27:7-42.6 Program established by county, municipality. 5. A county or municipality may establish an integrated roadside vegetation management program, provided that the program established by the county or municipality is consistent with the program established pursuant to sectio…

27:7-43. Contracts for deposits of road materials The commissioner may contract with any person or public or private corporation for the acquisition of any necessary lands, or easements for gravel pits or other natural deposits of road materials advantageously located to the stat…

27:7-44. Injurious substances on highway forbidden; protection of property; penalties No person shall place or allow to fall upon a state highway any broken glass, pottery or sharp object, or any substance injurious to the surface of the road or to the person, health or property …

27:7-44.1. Consents, grants and franchises affecting highways; approval of commissioner; lease of land under viaduct or bridge; removal of encroachments; penalty for violation No consent, grant or franchise affecting any portion of a State highway, or of any road included in the …

27:7-44.10 Findings, declarations relative to certain highway entry or exit ramps. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The safety of the State's school children is of paramount importance. b. Given the school facilities needs of Abbott districts, as defined pursuant to…

27:7-44.11 Definitions relative to certain highway entry or exit ramps. 3. As used in this act: "Department" means the Department of Transportation. "Highway" means a highway which is designated part of the Interstate System as provided in Title 23 of the United States Code, or i…

27:7-44.12 New entry or exit ramp, construction within 1,000 feet of school; prohibited; exceptions. 4. a. A new entry or exit ramp shall not be constructed as part of a highway project if a school is located or is being constructed within 1,000 feet of the proposed location of t…

27:7-44.13 Determination of distance between a highway ramp and school. 6. For the purpose of determining the distance between a highway ramp and a school pursuant to sections 4 and 5 of this act, the distance of 1,000 feet between a school and a highway entry or exit ramp shall …

27:7-44.14 Statewide study. 7. a. The department, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall conduct a Statewide study to identify public safety hazards posed by highway entry or exit ramps located within 1,000 feet of a school. The study shall include recommendation…

27:7-44.15 Inapplicability of act. 8. This act shall not apply to highway projects for which preliminary design has been completed and for which environmental work has commenced on or before the effective date of this act. L.2007, c.308, s.8.

27:7-44.16 Findings, declarations relative to road markings containing inorganic arsenic. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that inorganic arsenic is a hazardous substance and is recognized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Occupationa…

27:7-44.17 Manufacture, sale of certain reflective glass beads prohibited; violations, penalties. 2. a. On or after July 1, 2012 no person shall manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes in this State reflective glass beads containing more than 100 part…

27:7-44.18 Definitions. 1. As used in sections 1 through 3 of P.L.2013, c.130 (C.27:7-44.18 through C.27:7-44.20): "Acknowledgement sign" means a sign that is intended to inform the traveling public that a highway-related service, product, or monetary contribution has been sponso…

27:7-44.19 Establishment of sponsorship program. 2. a. There is established in the department a sponsorship program to allow for private sponsorship of department operational activities or other highway-related services or programs. b. The department shall adopt a policy on spons…

27:7-44.2. Relief of contractor from maintenance of completed section When a section of a project under contract shall have been completed prior to the completion of the entire project, the commissioner shall have authority to relieve the contractor from the maintenance of such c…

27:7-44.20 Rules or regulations. 3. The department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules or regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of P.L.2013, c.130 (C.27:7-44.18 and C.27:7-44.19). …

27:7-44.21 Signs prohibiting motorists from texting while driving. 1. The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall erect appropriate signage and use variable messa…

27:7-44.22 Public awareness program relative to lane change when approaching certain vehicles. 1. The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety, shall develop public aware…

27:7-44.3. Relocation of structures impeding construction, acquisition of lands for Whenever it shall appear to the State Highway Commissioner that construction of a State highway, the acquisition of lands for which has been previously authorized by him, will be impeded by reason…

27:7-44.4. Size of tracts to be acquired; plans Such additional unimproved lands may be acquired in tracts sufficiently large to permit the laying out of sites for the relocation thereon of more than one structure or structures or may be acquired in individual sites for the reloc…

27:7-44.5. Power to relocate structures; what included; contracts The power herein granted to relocate structures shall include the power to remove the same and to install all essential facilities, including (but not limited to) water, sewerage, gas and electricity. Any and all w…

27:7-44.6. Condemnation; procedure Whenever, in pursuance of this act, it shall be necessary to acquire property by condemnation, the State Highway Commissioner shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of chapter one of Title 20 of the Revised Statutes, relating to Eminent…

27:7-44.7. Funds which may be expended to relocate structures For the purpose of acquiring lands pursuant to this act, and for defraying any and all costs and expenses for removing and relocating structures, and for making said structure or structures suitable for use as intended…

27:7-44.8. Power to sell land 6. The State Highway Commissioner shall have power to sell any or all lands acquired pursuant to this act, or any portion or portions thereof, or any structure or structures relocated thereon, or to rent the same for the use to which they were devote…

27:7-44.9. Relocation of facilities a. In addition to other powers conferred upon the Commissioner of Transportation by any other law and not in limitation thereof, the commissioner, in connection with the construction, reconstruction, maintenance or operation of any highway proj…

27:7-45. Designation of bridges as state highway bridges The commissioner may designate any bridge which connects at each end with improved roads in the state highway system as a state highway bridge, whenever, in his judgment, the cost of operation or repair thereof is, in view …

27:7-46. Petition for designation; cost of maintenance apportioned The board or boards of chosen freeholders severally or jointly charged with the operation or repair of the bridge may, by resolution, request such designation. The commissioner may thereupon designate the bridge a…

27:7-47. Repairs; annual estimate; approval by commissioner Each board of chosen freeholders charged with the duty of operating and repairing a bridge designated as a state highway bridge shall annually, during the month of January, submit an itemized statement of probable repair…

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 …

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, w…

27:7-5. Determination by commissioner; notice to governing body After the hearing the commissioner shall determine whether a route or part thereof, if any, shall be taken over as a state highway, and shall notify the body having control of the route or part thereof, of such actio…

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 ere…

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, …

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 rente…

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 o…

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 sec…

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…

27:7-56. Jurisdiction of commissioner The plans and specifications for any such road shall be approved by the state highway commissioner and the road shall be constructed or improved under the direction and supervision of the commissioner as provided by law.

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 …

27:7-6. Route becomes state highway; exception Upon such determination by the commissioner such route or part thereof shall become a state highway, and the further improvement, betterment, maintenance and repair thereof shall be at the expense of the state, under the jurisdiction…