Bill Text: NJ S2780 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires SJTA to suspend certain tolls on the Atlantic City Expressway in certain circumstances.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-15 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee [S2780 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-S2780-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2780

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 15, 2024

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  VINCENT J. POLISTINA

District 2 (Atlantic)

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires SJTA to suspend certain tolls on the Atlantic City Expressway in certain circumstances.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act requiring the South Jersey Transportation Authority to suspend certain tolls on the Atlantic City Expressway in certain circumstances and supplementing Title 27 of the Revised Statutes.

 

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

 

     1. The South Jersey Transportation Authority shall automatically suspend the collection of any toll on the Atlantic City Expressway east of the Garden State Parkway when U.S. Route 40 is closed at any point east of the Garden State Parkway.

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires the South Jersey Transportation Authority to suspend the collection of any toll east of the Garden State Parkway on the Atlantic City Expressway when U.S. Route 40 is closed east of the Garden State Parkway.

     U.S. Route 40 is a main thoroughfare for many residents of this State.  U.S. Route 40 is also prone to flooding.  If, for any reason, the route is closed, there is no efficient means of travel for many motorists to and from Atlantic City to Pleasantville without having to pay a toll.