Bill Text: NJ A117 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $10 million to DOT for construction of highway guard rail along entirety of Route 208 through Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, and Oakland in sections without highway guard rail, where necessary to ensure health and safety of motorists and residents whose properties abut Route 208.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A117 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A117-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman LISA SWAIN
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of up to $10 million to DOT for construction of highway guard rail along entirety of Route 208 through Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, and Oakland in sections without highway guard rail, where necessary to ensure health and safety of motorists and residents whose properties abut Route 208.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved July 1, 2018 (P.L.2018, c.53).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2018, c.53, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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78 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 60 Transportation Programs 61 State and Local Highway Facilities DIRECT STATE SERVICES |
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06-6100 Maintenance and Operations .............................................. |
$10,000,000 |
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Total Capital Construction Appropriation, |
$10,000,000 |
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State and Local Highway Facilities ................................. |
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Capital Construction: |
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Route 208 Highway Guard Rail Installation...... |
($10,000,000) |
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Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Transportation shall be exempt from the Department of Transportation's 2015 Roadway Design Manual guidelines concerning the installation of highway guard rail in this State for the purposes of this appropriation.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would appropriate up to $10,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for the purpose of installing highway guide rail along the entirety of Route 208 through Franklin Lakes, Wyckoff, Hawthorne, Glen Rock, Fair Lawn, and Oakland in sections that do not already have highway guard rail installed, where necessary to ensure the health and safety of motorists and residents whose properties abut Route 208.
