Bill Text: NJ A2439 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits DOT from taking certain action on certain rock fall mitigation projects and requires DOT to conduct analysis on project alternatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee [A2439 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A2439-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman HAROLD "HAL" J. WIRTHS
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman PARKER SPACE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits DOT from taking certain action on certain rock fall mitigation projects and requires DOT to conduct analysis on project alternatives.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning capital projects of the Department of Transportation and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Department of Transportation shall not plan for, design, or construct, or use funds for the planning, design, or construction of, a rock wall between milepost 1.00 and milepost 1.50 on Interstate Highway Route 80.
b. For any departmental project for rock fall mitigation between milepost 1.00 and milepost 1.50 on Interstate Highway Route 80, the department shall conduct a full analysis of all feasible options for rock fall mitigation, provided that any such option shall not include the construction of a rock wall.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation (department) from planning for, designing, or constructing, or using funds for the planning, design, or construction of, a rock wall between milepost 1.00 and milepost 1.50 on Interstate Highway Route 80. The bill also requires the department, for any project for rock fall mitigation between those mileposts, to conduct a full analysis of all feasible non-rock wall options for rock fall mitigation.
