ASSEMBLY, No. 2043

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MAY 30, 1996

By Assemblyman LANCE

An Act concerning State highways and supplementing P.L.1966, c.301 (C.27:1A-1 et seq.).

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.39:3-84 or any other law to the contrary, in designating portions of the State highway system appropriate for commercial motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor, tractor and road tractor traffic, the Commissioner of Transportation shall take into account the volume of such traffic in relation to the nature of the State highway. The commissioner shall provide that commercial motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor, tractor and road tractor traffic on any highway which is local in nature, including, but not limited to, a two-lane undivided highway, shall be limited to that traffic traveling to destinations only accessible from that highway.

    2. Within six months of the effective date of this act, the commissioner shall review the State highway system and designate those portions of the State highway system to be used only for local destinations for commercial motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor, tractor and road tractor traffic. The commissioner shall also designate those portions of the State highway system which provide appropriate alternate routes for commercial motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor, tractor and road tractor traffic.

    3. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill requires the Commissioner of Transportation, when designating portions of the State highway system appropriate for commercial motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor, tractor and road tractor traffic, to consider the volume of such traffic in relation to the nature of the State highway.

    The bill also requires the commissioner to provide that commercial motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor, tractor and road tractor traffic on any highway which is local in nature, including, but not limited to, a two-lane undivided highway, shall be limited to that traffic traveling to destinations only accessible from that highway.

    The bill further directs the commissioner to review the State highway system and designate, within six months of the effective date of the act, those portions of the State highway system to be used by commercial motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor, tractor and road tractor traffic only for local destinations. The bill also requires the commissioner to designate those portions of the State highway system which provide appropriate alternate routes for commercial motor vehicle, truck, truck tractor, tractor and road tractor traffic.

Requires DOT commissioner to designate certain portions of State highways to be used by truck traffic only for local destinations.