Sponsored by:
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Designates New Jersey Route 47 from Wildwood City to Maurice River Township as “Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive.”
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act designating a portion of New Jersey Route 47 as “Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive.”
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1940, J.R.2 which designated New Jersey Route No. 47 as “Delsea Drive,” the Commissioner of Transportation shall designate the section of New Jersey Route No. 47 extending from Milepost 0 in Wildwood City, Cape May County to Milepost 35.08 in Maurice River Township in Cumberland County as "Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive" and erect appropriate signs along that section of New Jersey Route 47 bearing this designation and dedication.
2. No State or other public funds shall be used for producing, purchasing, erecting, or maintaining signs bearing the designation established pursuant to section 1 of this act. The Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to receive gifts, grants, or other financial assistance from private sources for the purposes of funding or reimbursing the Department of Transportation for the costs associated with producing, purchasing, erecting, and maintaining signs bearing the designation established pursuant to section 1 of this act and entering into agreements related thereto, with such private sources including but not limited to non-governmental non-profit, educational or charitable entities or institutions. No work shall proceed, and no funding shall be accepted by the Department of Transportation until an agreement has been reached with a responsible party for paying the costs associated with producing, purchasing, erecting, and maintaining the signs.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
In honor of the sacrifice and heroism of the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States, this bill dedicates the section of New Jersey Route 47 extending from the intersection of New Jersey Route 55 and New Jersey Route 47 in Maurice River Township southward to the end point of New Jersey Route 47 at Atlantic Avenue in Wildwood City as the as "Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive.”
The bill provides that no State funds may be used for producing, purchasing, erecting, or maintaining the signs designating New Jersey Route No.47 as the “Veterans Memorial Highway at Delsea Drive.” The Department of Transportation is authorized to receive private funds for paying the costs associated with producing, purchasing, erecting, and maintaining the signs.