The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) recently released $161.25 million in Fiscal Year 2022 County Aid funding to assist with infrastructure improvements on the local level.
The state’s 21 counties will share the funding. It can be used to help improvements to public roads and bridges under county jurisdiction and to perform other transportation-related work. Thousands of motorists travel county roads and bridges daily.
“Providing state funding to county governments so they can keep their transportation infrastructure in a state of good repair is of the highest importance,” NJDOT Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti said. “County Aid provides millions of dollars to help improve roads and bridges without burdening local property taxpayers.”
County governments select the projects that will receive funding and are required to submit eligible projects, as identified in the county’s annual Transportation Program, to NJDOT for approval through Nov. 30.
A county’s portion of funding is determined by road mileage and population.
NJDOT was required to inform counties of their allotments for the current fiscal year before July 31 to help counties better plan future projects, according to the County Aid schedule Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law.
The New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund pays for County Aid.