N.J. Stat. tit. 27, ch. 14

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N.J. Stat. § 27:14-1 Annual apportionment to counties for construction and reconstruction; county's share

The commissioner shall annually apportion to each county fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000.00) from State Highway system funds to be used for the construction, reconstruction, maintenance and repair of county roads and bridges. Amended by L.1946, c. 207, p. 804, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 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 least one mile in length, or, being less than one mile in length but an extension of or connection with some permanently improved or paved road or street, be constructed or improved in such manner that it will, with reasonable repairs, be firm, smooth and convenient for travel at all seasons of the year. When more roads are applied for than can be constructed in any one year, the board of chosen freeholders and the commissioner may select from the roads petitioned for the ones first to be constructed, having first regard to the most important roads and the distribution of the benefits of this article to all parts of the county. The board of chosen freeholders may, before approving any road, require as a condition of its approval that the municipalities through which the road runs shall pay ten per cent of the cost of the improvement to be applied to the county's share of the cost of the improvement of the roads constructed under this article. "Public road" as used in this section includes any road that may have been laid out, dedicated, or the right of way acquired, so that it may be built, notwithstanding it never has been built or used by the public, or any bridges or culverts erected thereon.

N.J. Stat. § 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 work to be done thereon to be prepared. The survey shall indicate the width and length of the road, and shall show how much of it may be improved by deviation from the then existing lines, but no survey shall be commenced until the written consent of the commissioner shall have been first obtained. When the plans, cross sections and specifications shall have been prepared, they shall be submitted to the board of chosen freeholders for approval or rejection. If approved by the board they shall then be submitted to the commissioner, who shall, before approving them, ascertain the natural character of the soil upon which the road is proposed to be constructed and all other facts he may deem important. If the commissioner approves the plans, cross sections and specifications, their scope and detail, and is satisfied as to the advisability of the improvement of the road as contemplated, and that the state's share of the cost of the construction of the road together with its share of the cost of the construction of all other roads or sections of roads under the plans and specifications previously approved by him, will not exceed the amount available for the purpose he shall indorse his approval on the plans, cross sections and specifications. Otherwise he shall reject them.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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 properties; c. Building of the necessary walls in cuts or for slopes, bridges and culverts; and all necessary facilities for drainage; d. Planting of shade trees and such work as may be necessary to preserve existing shade trees; and e. Treatment of adjacent forest lands so as to make the road and its borders an effective firebreak.

N.J. Stat. § 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 commissioner. All advertisements shall be made as required by this article and all bids received shall give separately the price of each bridge or culvert when included in the road contract.

N.J. Stat. § 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 a part of the improvement, provided such contracts shall not cover any additional mileage or length of road, nor alter the general character of the improvement. Before any such contracts shall become binding, and before any work shall be done thereunder, they shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner in the same manner as provided in this article in case of contracts let after public advertisement.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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 it.

N.J. Stat. § 27:14-10 Municipal bond issue

When a municipality shall have undertaken to pay ten per cent of the cost of an improvement under the provisions of this article either by resolution of the governing body, or otherwise, and in the opinion of the governing body, to be determined by resolution, it would be too burdensome on the taxpayers of the municipality to place in the tax levy for any fiscal year the portion of the expense of the improvement to be borne by it, the governing body may issue bonds for the amount undertaken to be paid by the municipality.

N.J. Stat. § 27:14-11 Municipalities may borrow to meet installments on improvement contract; amount

When a municipality or public body has or shall have entered into a contract, with the approval of the commissioner, for the improvement of a public road pursuant to this article, the body having control of the finances of such municipality or public body may, as and when each installment or payment on account of the contract price of such improvement falls due, and a proper certificate therefor is presented to the municipality or public body in accordance with section 27:14-15 of this title, borrow money on temporary loan in anticipation of the payment of such municipality or public body of and to an amount not exceeding the state's share of the installment or payment on account of the contract price of such road so falling due, and the proceeds of such temporary loan shall be applied and paid on account of the installment or payment on account of the contract price. Such temporary loans shall be repaid upon the payment to the municipality or public body of the sums in anticipation of payment of which the loans were made.

N.J. Stat. § 27:14-12 Advertisement for bids; specifications; certified check with bid; contract and bond; time of awarding contract

Within thirty days after the approval of the plans, cross sections and specifications by the commissioner, the board of chosen freeholders shall advertise for bids for such work in two of the public papers printed in said county, and they may also advertise in one engineering journal published in the city of New York, for three weeks successively, at least once in each week. The first publication of such advertisement shall be at least seventeen days before the date fixed therein for the receipt of bids. This advertisement shall state the place where bidders may examine said plans, cross sections and specifications, and the time and place where bids for such work will be received by the board of chosen freeholders, or a committee of said board. Each bidder must accompany his bid with a certified check, payable to the county treasurer equal to at least ten per cent of the bid; provided, the same shall in no case exceed twenty thousand dollars; and provided, further, that in case the bid be less than five thousand dollars, the check shall be five hundred dollars, as a guarantee that if said work be awarded to him he will enter into a contract with said board for the same. This contract must be executed, together with a bond of the successful bidder, in the penal sum of at least the estimated cost of said work, with two or more sureties, freeholders of the county, or a surety or trust company created by this state, or a surety or trust company of another state, authorized to transact business within this state, to be approved by the director of the board of chosen freeholders and the finance committee thereof, conditioned for the faithful performance of said work in strict conformity with the plans, cross sections, and specifications for the same, within thirty days from the awarding of the contract. Provided, further, that it shall be the duty of the board of chosen freeholders to make the award of the contract or contracts, or to reject the same, within the period of one month from the date the bids are received, and that all proposal checks which may be delivered with any bid or bids, excepting the two lowest responsible bids, shall be returned within three days thereafter.

N.J. Stat. § 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 he deems it to the best interests of the county, reject the contract, in which case he shall cause the word "rejected" to be placed thereon. From the time of such rejection the bond required to accompany the contract shall be null and void, but such rejection shall not prevent the board from readvertising for bids and proceeding thenceforth under the provisions of this article if such action is taken within four months after such rejection. Otherwise the approval required by section 27:14-3 of this title shall be null and void.

N.J. Stat. § 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 shall be retained but the contractor shall enter into a bond to the board of chosen freeholders in a sum amounting to five per cent of the contract price, with any surety company authorized to do business in this state and which has the approval of the attorney general, as surety. The bond shall remain in force for one year and shall provide that the contractor can be held responsible for poor workmanship done or poor materials furnished under such contract, but he shall not be responsible for acts or causes beyond his control.

N.J. Stat. § 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 due, present to the board of chosen freeholders a certificate, signed by said state and county officials, specifying as nearly as may be, the amount of work done for which payment is to be made, and stating that it has been done in strict conformity with the contracts, plans and specifications. When the work done under a contract shall have been fully completed, the state highway engineer and county engineer shall cause to be prepared a detailed and itemized statement, in quadruplicate, of the cost of the improvement, one copy to be filed with the board of chosen freeholders, one with the county clerk and two with the commissioner.

N.J. Stat. § 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 total contract price shall be withheld from the contractor pending completion of the contract. Thereafter, on the remaining 50% of the total contract price, no per centum of the partial payments shall be withheld from the contractor pending such completion. Contracts may also provide for partial payments at least once in each month or from time to time as the work progresses on all materials placed upon the site which are suitable for the use and execution of the contract, provided the contractor furnishes releases of liens for all material furnished at the time each estimate of work is submitted for payment, but such partial payments shall not exceed 80% of the value of the material. Amended by L.1958, c. 7, p. 27, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 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 comptroller, the amount to be paid to any county or municipality for that year, and the comptroller shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer in favor of the county or municipal treasurer for the amount so certified, and the state treasurer shall thereupon pay the same. When a contract provides for partial payments based upon the amount of work done, the intent of this article is that partial payments to a county or municipality shall be certified as aforesaid, provided the amount so certified is not in excess of the state's proportionate share of that paid on account of the contract or contracts for work done by the county or municipality as provided in sections 27:14-15 and 27:14-16 of this title.

N.J. Stat. § 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 the county's share of the estimated cost and expense of all work contracted for under the provisions of this article since the day fixed by law for the closing and final adoption of the annual tax budget of the county in the year next preceding, which shall be the total cost of such work less the amount certified to be paid by the state. The sum or sums so fixed and appropriated shall be certified to the county board of taxation and shall be included in the assessment of county taxes and shall be assessed, collected and paid over to the county in the same manner and at the same time as other county taxes. If a deficiency shall exist in consequence of the cost and expense exceeding the estimate, or in consequence of the receipt of a lesser sum from the state as its share of the total cost and expense than shall have been estimated or fixed, the board of chosen freeholders may borrow, on temporary loans, such deficiency, and shall include the amount thereof with accrued interest in its next annual budget and tax resolution, and it shall be assessed, collected and paid over in the same manner as other taxes, or the deficiency may be raised by an issue of bonds either separately or in conjunction with an issue to pay the cost and expense of improving any other road under this article. If, for any reason, there be a surplus, it shall be retained and used in the improvement of other roads under this article or in repairs to roads improved under this article.

N.J. Stat. § 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 adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of all its members, issue bonds of the county for its proper share of the cost of the work which shall be an amount not exceeding the total cost of such work, less the amount certified to be paid by the state.

N.J. Stat. § 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 article, all cost and expense of obtaining and acquiring such land by whatsoever method the same may be acquired may be paid out of any moneys applicable for road improvement purposes, or, if there be no money on hand for such purpose, the board may borrow the necessary money on temporary loans, upon the credit of the county, until the next annual taxes shall be levied and collected, or such sum as may be necessary may be raised by an issue of bonds, either separately or in connection with and as part of any other bond issue under the provisions of this article. The board may agree with the owner of any land required for the foregoing purposes, as to the compensation to be paid by it for a conveyance of the land, but if no agreement can be reached the board may acquire the land by condemnation, in the manner prescribed by law. The board may vacate any part of a public highway that may be rendered unnecessary for public travel by the widening, straightening, altering or changing of the location thereof.

N.J. Stat. § 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 previous act entitled "An act to provide for the permanent improvement of public roads in this state" and any road accepted by the board of chosen freeholders under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to enable boards of chosen freeholders to accept as county roads, roads or sections of roads, in townships, which have been or shall hereafter be permanently improved without state or county aid," approved March twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and four (L.1904, c. 114, p. 240), or an act entitled "An act to authorize the board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state to acquire, improve and maintain roads lying within the corporate limits of any town, borough, township or village," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and ten (L.1910, c. 121, p. 202), shall be county roads and the duty of keeping them in repair shall devolve exclusively upon the board of chosen freeholders and the county road supervisor, hereinafter provided for, and all other powers and duties respecting such roads shall be imposed upon and vested in the board of chosen freeholders to the exclusion of all municipal officers. No power conferred on any of said governing bodies shall in any way divest the board of chosen freeholders of its right to construct across or under the sidewalks the necessary culverts or other provisions for the maintenance of such county roads. If any such road shall become out of repair, and shall not be repaired within sixty days after notice in writing so to do, given by the commissioner to the board of chosen freeholders, or to its director, the commissioner shall certify such neglect or refusal to the state comptroller, who shall withhold payment to the county of any moneys already apportioned, or that may thereafter be apportioned, to the county by the state, and no payment shall be made to the county until the commissioner shall certify to the state comptroller that the road has been placed in a good state of repair.

N.J. Stat. § 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 construction or improvement of roads under the provisions of this article. The same procedure required by this article for the original construction or improvement of roads shall be followed in the widening thereof. The term "widen" as used in this section means reconstruction of the road of a greater width in order to accommodate the public travel over the existing right of way or right of way to be first obtained by the board of chosen freeholders.

N.J. Stat. § 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 freeholders, shall, immediately after the awarding of any contract, be furnished by the board of chosen freeholders to the commissioner to be filed and remain of record in his office.

N.J. Stat. § 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 civil engineer as county engineer, and the board of chosen freeholders may appoint a county superintendent of bridges, each of whom, before assuming the duties of his office, shall make and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully perform all the duties of his office to the best of his ability and understanding. Each shall hold office for five years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall give bond to the board of chosen freeholders in the penal sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office with such surety as the board shall approve. The engineer and superintendent of bridges shall receive such compensation for his services as the board shall determine and the supervisor shall receive a salary and allowance for expenses, both fixed by the board. Such compensation or salary shall not be reduced during the engineer's, supervisor's or superintendent's of bridges term of office. The board of chosen freeholders may appoint an assistant county supervisor of roads and an assistant county superintendent of bridges, who, when appointed, shall hold office for three years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Each such assistant shall receive such compensation for his services as the board shall determine, which said compensation, when so fixed, shall not be reduced during such assistant's term of office. Amended by L.1948, c. 111, p. 612, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 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 behavior, and that he shall not be removed as the county road supervisor except for cause on notice and after a hearing before the board of chosen freeholders; provided that the county road supervisor holds a valid public works manager certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1991, c.258 (C.40A:9-154.6a et seq.) and has previously acquired tenure as a municipal superintendent of public works under the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1981, c.383 (C.40A:9-154.6). L.1975, c.214, s.1; amended 2007, c.291.

N.J. Stat. § 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 incompetency, neglect, disability or other cause. In the event of such dismissal, the board shall immediately appoint a new engineer or supervisor to hold for the full term of five years from the date of appointment.

N.J. Stat. § 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 the board of chosen freeholders, a certificate stating the necessity for closing the road and describing the portion thereof to be closed. The board of chosen freeholders shall thereupon close it to public travel by erecting suitable obstructions and posting conspicuous notices to the effect that the road is closed. Not more than one mile of a road shall be closed at one time.

N.J. Stat. § 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 advantageously located for use in its jurisdiction and make payment therefor from funds available for the construction, maintenance and repair of roads.

N.J. Stat. § 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 provisions of this article is to be made, the state highway commissioner shall notify the board of conservation and development which shall cause to be prepared such plans and specifications as shall be necessary for the completion of said treatment, the cost of which shall be taken as part of the cost of the road. In all that relates to the choice, planting or care of trees, the decision of the board of conservation and development, shall be final. In all that affects the location of trees, or the influence upon the road, the decision of the state highway commissioner shall be final. If the state highway commissioner and a local governing body having authority in respect to roadside trees shall be unable to agree regarding the removal or treatment of any tree standing within the line of a road to be improved, they shall submit the case to the board of conservation and development and its decision shall be final and binding upon all parties.

N.J. Stat. § 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 and the collector or other financial officer, respectively, of any municipality, shall have the power and shall perform all the duties imposed by this article upon the board of chosen freeholders, the county board of taxation, the director of the board of chosen freeholders, the county clerk and the county treasurer, respectively. Any municipality may raise by taxation funds with which to pay for the cost of the construction of any road or roads, or may issue bonds for the payment thereof, in the same manner, as nearly as may be, as the board of chosen freeholders may do under this article, it being the expressed intention of this section to confer upon municipalities, full power to improve any road, or section of road, under the provisions of this article, all proceedings conforming, as nearly as may be practicable, to the provisions of this article. Any such road, or section of road, so constructed by a municipality shall be exclusively under its jurisdiction and control and shall be repaired and maintained by it.

N.J. Stat. § 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 board of chosen freeholders under the provision of this article. The cost of the improvement shall in the first instance be paid by the borough, but the state and county shall, when the road is completed, reimburse and pay the borough such proportionate share of the cost thereof as they would have respectively paid if the road had been improved by the county under this article. The cost shall include interest charges incurred by the borough on temporary loans provided for in section 27:14-31 of this title. The road when improved shall remain a county road.

N.J. Stat. § 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. The borough may borrow on temporary loans such sums as may be necessary to pay the moneys due under the contract for the improvement until such time as the proportionate shares of the cost thereof shall be received by it from the state and county respectively.

N.J. Stat. § 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 situate shall be obtained. The board of chosen freeholders may agree with the borough as to the time and manner of the payment to the borough of the county's share of the cost of the improvement.

N.J. Stat. § 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 conform to the grade of the remaining portion of the road, including the sidewalks, the authorities of each municipality through which the road passes may cause the remaining portion of the road within the limits of the municipality to be graded and formed so as to conform in grade to that established for the roadway constructed under the provisions of this article, and may cause the work to be done under the proceedings and in the manner provided by law in their several municipalities for the grading of the streets thereof.

N.J. Stat. § 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 other public streets or roads of the municipality, but no such improvement shall be made by the municipal authorities which may interfere with or impair the roadway improved under the provisions of this article without the approval and consent of the board of chosen freeholders of the county within which the road is located.

N.J. Stat. § 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 proportion to and not in excess of the benefit received. The assessment shall be made in the manner and under the procedure provided by law for the making of other assessments for street improvements within the municipality. Nothing in this article shall impose upon any municipality therein referred to any part of the cost of the maintenance and repair of the roadway of any road improved under the provision of this article.

N.J. Stat. § 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 certify in writing to the board of chosen freeholders of the county, that they are willing to bear the entire expense thereof, the county engineer or another competent engineer, shall prepare plans, cross sections and specifications for the work and shall submit them to the property owners. If the property owners are satisfied with the plans, cross sections and specifications they may enter into contract for such work, but the contract shall first be submitted to the board of chosen freeholders for its approval.

N.J. Stat. § 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 board may by resolution declare the road or any portion thereof to be a county road. The county engineer shall be paid a reasonable fee for supervising the work, to be paid by the property owners.

N.J. Stat. § 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 land necessary for the change.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

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