The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) recently opened the application period for the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Freight Impact Fund program, a $28 million program used to improve local roads and bridges with heavy truck traffic.
“The Local Freight Impact Fund provides counties and municipalities with funding to improve truck routes used to move goods across New Jersey and keep our economy strong,” NJDOT Commissioner Francis O’Connor said.
The fund supports projects that promote economic development, support new transportation opportunities, renew aging structures that carry large truck traffic, and emphasize and enhance the safe movement of large truck traffic.
Projects must fall within the jurisdiction of the applicant’s municipality and/or county unless filed jointly with an adjacent municipality and/or county, and must have a minimum 10 percent large truck volume within the project limits. Applicants must submit a traffic study and a map, and must demonstrate that the project will provide access to a warehouse distribution center, port, or any other freight mode.
Projects must fall into one of six categories to eligible for funding: bridge preservation, new construction, pavement preservation, pedestrian safety, roadway preservation, and truck safety and mobility.
The NJDOT Division of Local Aid and Economic Development administers the grants. The application deadline is Jan. 8, 2025.