STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman MICHAEL PATRICK CARROLL
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Assemblyman ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Assemblyman GARY R. CHIUSANO
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblywoman ALISON LITTELL MCHOSE
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman DeCroce, Assemblywomen B.DeCroce, N.Munoz, Assemblymen McKeon and Bramnick
SYNOPSIS
Dedesignates portions of Route 24.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the State Highway System, dedesignating a portion of State Highway Route No. 24 and repealing P.L.1938, c.85.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. State Highway Route No. 24 and S-24, as established and described in R.S.27:6-1, is redesignated to consist of and be described as follows:
ROUTE NO. 24 and S-24. Newark to [Phillipsburg] Hanover. Beginning in Newark by connections with Route No. 25 and with the New Jersey Turnpike, and crossing Broad Street, Newark, in the vicinity of Lincoln Park, and thence generally along the direction of and in the vicinity of Springfield Avenue by way of Irvington, Maplewood, Springfield [, Morristown] and Hanover, [Chester, Long Valley, Washington and Phillipsburg, with a spur to Hackettstown connecting Route No. 24 with Route No. 6 between these points and] with a spur from Springfield along Morris Avenue to Route No. 25 at Elizabeth, and with another spur commencing near Spruce Street and running in a generally northerly direction in the vicinity of Belmont Avenue and Norfolk Street in the City of Newark to connect with the route established by section three of this act.
(cf: P.L.1952, c.289, s.4)
2. P.L.1938, c.85 (C.27:6-1) is repealed.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill dedesignates the portion of Route 24 located west of Hanover as a State highway. Route 24 under State jurisdiction connects I-287 and I-78. The dedesignation of the portion of what would be a continuation of Route 24 under State jurisdiction will make the earmarked land available for other purposes, including open space preservation. The bill also repeals the statutes establishing Route 24N west of Phillipsburg.