New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 20B - MUNICIPAL LOCAL AID
Subchapter 4 - MUNICIPAL AID
Section 16:20B-4.4 - Project approval
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Subject to appropriations, the Department shall solicit applications from each municipality by April 30th of each year for municipal local aid.
(b) Municipalities seeking municipal local aid will be required to submit an application through the Department's online grant management system, SAGE (System for Administering Grants Electronically) at http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/business/localaid/sage.shtm by July 1st of each year. SAGE users can submit grant applications, communicate with grant program staff, request changes, and manage grants.
(c) The municipal local aid application requires a supporting resolution from the local governing body and an engineering description of the proposed transportation improvement. For example, in the case of a proposed road or bridge improvement, the application must indicate the existing and proposed right-of-way width, paved and graded widths, shoulder widths, type and depth of proposed pavement, and an estimate of the cost of the proposed work.
(d) Department staff will review applications for completeness, conduct field investigations, evaluate the projects and make recommendations to the screening committee on project priorities.
(e) A screening committee, composed of municipal engineers representing a cross section of New Jersey, and Department staff, shall review the recommendations. The screening committee will recommend to the Commissioner which projects should receive funding and the associated funding amount. In developing the recommendations, consideration shall be given, as applicable, to existing road conditions, volume of traffic, safety, service to the public, future need, readiness to construct, local taxing capacity, consistency with applicable planning documents (including, but not limited to, the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, the State long-range transportation plan, the long-range plan of the appropriate metropolitan planning organization, and the county and municipal master plans), and performance and timeliness in designing, awarding, and constructing previous projects funded by municipal local aid.
(f) Final project selection and funding amounts will be determined by the Commissioner. The Commissioners decision will be final.
(g) The Department shall distribute an award letter to each municipality by November 30th of each year.
