New Jersey Statutes

N.J. Stat. § 27:23-1 (2026)

Transportation projects

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1. Transportation projects. In order to facilitate vehicular traffic and remove the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways in the State, and to provide for the acquisition and construction of modern express highways embodying every known safety device including center divisions, ample shoulder widths, long sight distances, multiple lanes in each direction and grade separations at all intersections with other highways and railroads, and for the purposes enumerated in section 1 of P.L.2003, c.79 (C.27:23-41), the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, construct, maintain, improve, manage, repair and operate transportation projects (as hereinafter defined) or any part thereof at such locations as shall be established by the authority in its discretion or by law, and to issue transportation revenue bonds of the Authority, payable from tolls, other revenues, proceeds of bonds and other available sources to finance such projects.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case: St. Pierre v. Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., 898 F.3d 351 (3rd Cir. 2018).
St. Pierre v. Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc., 898 F.3d 351 (3rd Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “Pierre contends that what he receives is access to New Jersey highways and bridges, what is "payable from tolls" under the New Jersey statute is the Authority's mandate to "facilitate vehicular traffic and remove the present handicaps and hazards on the congested highways in…”
S. J. Groves & Sons Co. v. New Jersey Tpk. Auth., 268 F. Supp. 568 (D.N.J. 1967). “Created to improve vehicular traffic by the construction of modem expressways, New Jersey Turnpike Authority Act, N.J.S.A. 27:23-1, et seq., it exercises a number of powers free of any substantial legislative supervision.”
Galicki v. State of New Jersey (D.N.J. 2025). · cites it 3× “2c(c) because, in a separate statute, N.J.S.A. 27:23-1, et seq., the legislature bound such data using different language.”
W. Funding, Inc. v. South Shore Towing, Inc. (D.N.J. 2021). · cites it 2× “1967) (citing N.J.S.A. § 27:23-1, et. seq.); see also New Jersey Turnpike Authority v.”
New Jersey Tpk. Auth. Vs. Twp. of Monroe (tax Court of New Jersey) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2017). “" N.J.S.A. 27:23-1. To assist plaintiff with this purpose, the Legislature exempted plaintiff from "pay[ing] any taxes or assessments upon any transportation project or any property acquired or used by 2 A-4333-14T1 [plaintiff] under the provisions of this [A]ct[.”
New Jersey Tpk. Auth. Vs. Twp. of Monroe (tax Court of New Jersey) (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2017). “" N.J.S.A. 27:23-1. To assist plaintiff with this purpose, the Legislature exempted plaintiff from "pay[ing] any taxes or assessments upon any transportation project or any property acquired or used by 2 A-4333-14T1 [plaintiff] under the provisions of this [A]ct[.”
In the Matter of Protest Filed by El Sol Contracting & Constr. Corp., Contract T100.638 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2024). “NJTA's bidding process is governed by N.J.S.A. 27:23-1 to -60 and the implementing regulations at N.”
In the Matter of Application to New Jersey Tpk. Auth. for License to Cross No. P971 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2026). “The criteria contained in N.J.S.A. 27:23-1 [to -60], in particular, the provisions of N.”
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