New Jersey Statutes Title 27. Highways 27 § 1B-21.25

The commissioner shall conduct a life cycle cost analysis of pavement surfaces and report the findings of the analysis to the Governor and the Legislature no later than one year after the date of enactment of this act. The analysis shall compare equivalent designs and shall be based upon New Jersey's actual historic project maintenance, repair and resurfacing schedules and costs as recorded by the Department of Transportation, and shall include estimates of user costs throughout the entire life of the pavement. As used in this section, “life cycle cost” means the total cost of the initial project and all anticipated costs for subsequent maintenance, repair or resurfacing over the life of the pavement.