New Jersey Statutes Title 27. Highways 27 § 10-3

If the commissioner shall not take over the highway as provided in section 27:10-4 of this title before six years after the authorization of the appropriation for the work, the municipality shall refund the indebtedness incurred under the authority of this chapter by the issuance of bonds pursuant to article 1 of chapter 1 of the title Municipalities and Counties (§ 40:1-1 et seq.), but in no case shall the last maturity of the bonds so issued be longer than the period set forth in section 40:1-34 of the title Municipalities and Counties, counting from the time of the authorization of the appropriation for the construction or improvement.