ASSEMBLY, No. 2765

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MARCH 3, 1997

By Assemblymen DALTON and BODINE

An Act concerning expenditures from the revenues and other funds of the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority.

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

    1.    From funds authorized by the Legislature to be appropriated from the revenues and other funds of the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority for the FY 1997 transportation capital construction program, the Commissioner of Transportation shall allocate and transfer $4,000,000 to the South Jersey Transportation Authority from a part or all of any item or items to a new item for the construction of the Berlin - Cross Keys Road diamond interchange project located in Washington Township, Gloucester County and Winslow and Gloucester Townships, Camden County (hereinafter the "proposed project").

    2.    The South Jersey Transportation Authority, at the discretion of its Executive Director, shall hold public hearings to receive public comment on the proposed project.

    3.    The South Jersey Transportation Authority shall award the contract for the design and construction of the proposed project based on the lowest bid received through a competitive bidding process.

    4. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill directs the Commissioner of Transportation to allocate and transfer $4 million from an existing item or items in the FY 1997 Transportation Trust Fund capital construction program to the South Jersey Transportation Authority for the construction of the Berlin - Cross Keys Road diamond interchange project located in Washington Township, Gloucester County and Winslow and Gloucester Townships, Camden County. This bill requires that the South Jersey Transportation Authority, at the discretion of its Executive Director, hold public hearings to receive public comment on the proposed interchange project. In addition, this bill requires that the project be awarded to the lowest bidder.

Directs DOT Commissioner to allocate $4 million in Transportation Trust Fund monies to South Jersey Transportation Authority for diamond interchange project in Washington Township, Gloucester County and Winslow and Gloucester Townships, Camden County.