Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Annually, prior to
July 31, each county shall be notified of the amount of local aid funds allotted to
the county for the current State fiscal year. Any unencumbered funds from prior year
allotments, not subject to rescission pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
16:20A-6.4, shall be available in addition to the
current annual allotment. Balances from prior year allotments must be encumbered
before a county uses its current annual allotment.
(b) An ATP shall be submitted by each county for
approval through the Department's online grant management system, SAGE found at:
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/business/localaid/sage.shtm.
Each county shall submit an application for funding by December 1st of each year.
1. The ATP shall list a pool of eligible projects
by name and location, including municipality, with a brief description of each
project, project limits, and an estimate of the construction cost. The total cost of
the pool of projects may exceed the amount of the countys annual allotment of local
aid funds.
2. All projects from prior
approved ATP(s) that have not been awarded may be carried over to the current year
ATP. All projects approved from prior ATP(s) that remain active shall be listed by
the county and made part of its current ATP.
3. The ATP shall contain a statement describing
how the projects in the program are consistent with all applicable State and
regional planning documents, including, but not limited to, the State Development
and Redevelopment Plan, the State long-range transportation plan, the regional
long-range transportation plan of the appropriate metropolitan planning
organization, and the county master plan.
4. The ATP shall be approved by the appropriate
county governing body before submission to the Department for final approval and
shall include a certification that allotted funds shall only be spent on eligible
costs for projects set forth in the countys approved ATP.
5. Upon Department approval, the county will be
notified through SAGE and an ATP agreement will be provided for execution. The ATP
agreement will be for 100 percent of the annual allotment. Disbursement of funds
from the annual allotment will be made on a project-by-project basis pursuant to
16:20A-6.2.
i. All ATP agreements shall contain provisions for
the indemnification of the State and its employees and officials.
6. Additions or deletions of projects
in the ATP shall be requested in writing by the appropriate governing body or the
County Engineer, as authorized by the governing body, and must be approved by the
Department prior to modifying the ATP.
(c) The Department shall execute an agreement with
each county concerning the project or projects for which the aid is allotted to the
county within 90 days from the date that the Department receives the application
from the county or by April 1st of the following year, whichever is later.
