Policy
The New Jersey
Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Complete
Streets policy (pdf
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approved on December 3, 2009 with
the purpose:
"To create and implement
a Complete Streets policy in
New
Jersey through the planning, design,
construction, maintenance and operation
of new and retrofit transportation
facilities within public rights
of way
that are federally or state
funded, including
projects processed
or administered through
the Department's
Capital Program." |
Exemptions
The Complete Streets policy lists exemptions
for applying the policy to projects.
Exemptions to the Complete Streets
policy must be presented for final
design to the Capital Program Screening
Committee in writing by the appropriate
Assistant Commissioner and documented
with supporting data that indicates
the reason for the decision and are
limited to the following:
1. |
Non-motorized users
are prohibited on the roadway. |
2. |
Scarcity of
population, travel and attractors,
both existing and future, indicate
an absence of need for such accommodations. |
3. |
Detrimental environmental or
social impacts outweigh the need
for these accommodations. |
4. |
Cost of accommodations is excessively
disproportionate to cost of project,
more than twenty percent (20%)
of total cost. |
5. |
The safety or timing of a project
is compromised by the inclusion
of Complete Streets. |
An exemption other
than those listed above must be documented
with supporting data and must be
approved by the Capital Program Committee
along with written approval by the
Commissioner of Transportation.
The following is a
list of NJDOT projects that have
been exempted by the policy:
-
Route 173 Pohatcong
Creek Bridge Replacement Project
(Preliminary Engineering)
Greenwich
Township, Warren County
Exemption
#2. However, an 8 foot shoulder
is provided.
-
Routes 49/50
and 47/347 Corridor Enhancements
Intelligent Transportation Systems
(ITS) and Operational Improvements
(Final Design)
Dennis Township, Cape May County
As this is an ITS project,
there are no bicycle or pedestrian
issues.
-
Route 22 over Chestnut Street
(County Route 626) Bridge Replacement
(Final Design)
Union Township, Union County
Exemptions #3 and #4. However,
8 foot shoulders were maintained
for bicyclists and pedestrians.
-
Route 29 (Drainage
Project)
City of Trenton, Mercer County
As this is a drainage project,
there are no bicycle or pedestrian
issues.
-
I-280,
Route 21 Interchange Improvements
Project
(Preliminary Engineering)
City of Newark, Essex
County/Harrison, Hudson County
Exemptions #1 and #2. Pedestrian
access is not recommended on
the Stickel Bridge and ramps.
-
I-295
Northbound to Route 1 Exits
- ITS Improvements
(Final Design)
Lawrenceville and Hamilton,
Mercer County
ITS project, no bicycle and pedestrian
issues.
-
Route
23/I-80
Long-term Interchange Improvements
Project
(Preliminary Engineering)
Wayne, Passaic County
Exemptions #1 and #2.
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