27:14-2 - Construction of public roads; action by freeholders; contribution by municipalities - New Jersey Statutes

27:14-2.  Construction of public roads;  action by freeholders; contribution by municipalities
    The board of chosen freeholders of any county may by resolution direct that  a public road or section thereof, located within the county, being at least  thirty-three feet in width and at least one mile in length, or, being less than  one mile in length but an extension of or connection with some permanently  improved or paved road or street, be constructed or improved in such manner  that it will, with reasonable repairs, be firm, smooth and convenient for  travel at all seasons of the year.

    When more roads are applied for than can be constructed in any one year, the  board of chosen freeholders and the commissioner may select from the roads  petitioned for the ones first to be constructed, having first regard to the  most important roads and the distribution of the benefits of this article to  all parts of the county.

    The board of chosen freeholders may, before approving any road, require as a  condition of its approval that the municipalities through which the road runs  shall pay ten per cent of the cost of the improvement to be applied to the  county's share of the cost of the improvement of the roads constructed under  this article.

     "Public road"  as used in this section includes any road that may have been  laid out, dedicated, or the right of way acquired, so that it may be built,  notwithstanding it never has been built or used by the public, or any bridges  or culverts erected thereon.