The New Jersey Department of Transportation allocates funds to projects
and programs through two main capital program documents: the transportation
capital program and the statewide transportation improvement program.
The transportation capital program is a document required by state law.
This program allocates state and federal transportation funding for the
period of one state fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) for both the New
Jersey Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Transit Corporation.
It also includes funds that are allocated to counties and municipalities.
The new document is the Proposed Transportation Capital Program for Fiscal Year 2009, which will begin July 1, 2008.
A companion document, the Statewide Capital
Investment Strategy for Fiscal Years 2009 - 2018, lays out capital investment
goals for NJDOT, NJ TRANSIT, Turnpike Authority, and South Jersey Transportation Authority. While the Capital Program details the projects
to be funded during the next fiscal year, the Capital Investment Strategy
discusses the goals and longer-term strategy behind those project choices.
The statewide transportation improvement program (or "STIP") is
required by federal law. This program allocates transportation funding for
ten federal fiscal years (which begin on October 1). Like the transportation
capital program, the STIP includes both state and federal funding and includes
projects and programs of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the
New Jersey Transit Corporation, and the counties and municipalities. The
STIP is put together from three regional transportation improvement programs
("TIPs"), which are developed in conjunction with New Jersey's
three metropolitan planning organizations ("MPOs"). Each MPO has
extensive public involvement activities in preparation for the TIP. The current document is the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for the State of New Jersey for Fiscal Years 2008 through 2011.
New Jersey's three MPOs are:
North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (for Bergen, Essex,
Hudson, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Morris, Middlesex, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset,
Sussex, Union, and Warren counties).
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (for Burlington, Camden,
Gloucester, and Mercer counties)
SJTPO
- South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization. The MPO covering
the counties of Cape May, Atlantic, Cumberland, and Salem.
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