New Jersey Statutes Title 27. Highways 27 § 23-23a

The Legislature finds and declares that the highway corridor between the Delaware Memorial Bridge and the George Washington Bridge is the main artery of the State's integrated highway system and of vital importance to the economy and vitality of the State and the region; that both the Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority have mutually consistent and coordinate responsibilities within the corridor for the planning, construction and maintenance of highway projects; that it is in the public interest that the Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority be authorized to enter into agreements to provide for an enhanced coordination and unification of responsibilities for the planning, acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of highway projects in order to ensure a safe, effective and efficient highway system; and that any such agreements shall acknowledge the obligation of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to the holders of its covenants, contracts and agreements.