Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires DOT to prioritize green stormwater infrastructure in design, construction, reconstruction, and repair of public highways.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the Department of Transportation’s prioritization of green stormwater infrastructure 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 Department of Transportation shall establish and implement a program to prioritize, to the extent practicable as determined by the Commissioner of Transportation, the use of green stormwater infrastructure methods in the design, construction, reconstruction, and repair of public highways in the State that are funded, in whole or in part, from the “Special Transportation Fund” established by section 21 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-21).
As used in this section:
“Green stormwater infrastructure methods” shall mean management practices that reduce stormwater runoff by allowing stormwater to be treated by vegetation or soils or to be stored and reused, and shall include but not be limited to pervious pavement, bio-retention basins, and grass swales.
“Public highways” shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1984, c.73 (C.27:1B-3).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish and implement a program to prioritize, to the extent practicable as determined by the Commissioner of Transportation, the use of green stormwater infrastructure methods in the design, construction, reconstruction, and repair of public highways in the State that are funded from the “Special Transportation Fund.”
“Green stormwater infrastructure methods” is defined to mean management practices that reduce stormwater runoff by allowing stormwater to be treated by vegetation or soils or to be stored and reused, and is to include but not be limited to pervious pavement, bio-retention basins, and grass swales.