2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 27 - HIGHWAYS
Section 27:14
27:14-22 - Widening roads;  state aid;  procedure

27:14-22.  Widening roads;  state aid;  procedure     The board of chosen freeholders may widen any existing road originally constructed or improved under this article, and the commissioner may contribute  the state's money toward such widening in the same proportion as in cases of  construction or improvement of roads under the provisions of this article.  The  same procedure required by this article for the original construction or  improvement of roads shall be followed in the widening thereof.

    The term  "widen"  as used in this section means reconstruction of the road  of a greater width in order to accommodate the public travel over the existing  right of way or right of way to be first obtained by the board of chosen  freeholders.