New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 16 - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 25 - UTILITY ACCOMMODATION
Subchapter 1 - PURPOSE, SCOPE, STANDARDS, AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Section 16:25-1.6 - Authority of utilities to use and occupy land service highways
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 16:25-1.6
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) The rights that public utilities have in highways are established by N.J.S.A. 48 and N.J.S.A. 40. Where usage is permitted, the statutes typically provide that the public utility involved "may use the public highways, streets and alleys," subject to the consents for approvals as the statute may require. Included in this category are:
1. Electric
companies-N.J.S.A. 48:7-1.2;
2.
Telephone companies-N.J.S.A. 48:17-8, 10;
3. Telegraph poles-N.J.S.A. 48:17-16;
4. Sewer lines-N.J.S.A. 48:13-10, 11;
5. Water lines-N.J.S.A. 48:19-17;
6. Gas lines-N.J.S.A. 48:9-17, 25.4.
7. Electric poles-N.J.S.A. 40:62-35;
8. Water lines--N.J.S.A. 40:62-134 and 40:178-40; and
9. Cable Television--N.J.S.A. 48:5A-1 et seq.
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