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HomeMy Public PortalAboutr 03:326No. 03-326 Date of Adoption No~ 6 2003 RESOLUTION SUPORTING REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NEW JERSEY TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND AND INCREASED DEDICATION FOR LOCAL AID WHEREAS, local governments have received approximately $2.0 billion from the Transportation Trust Fund and Approximately $300 million in bridge bond funds and $275 million in federal local lead funds; and WHEREAS, local roadways and bridges carry 55% of the traffic on county, municipal and state highways and local governments maintain 32,810 centerline miles of roads, 2,498 major bridges and 4,584 minor bridges; and WHEREAS, a review of annual local transportation needs indicates $211 million for county bridges, $7.5 million for municipal bridges, $44 million for county roadways and $112 million for municipal roadways for a total of $374.5 million; and WHEREAS, it is imperative that local governments receive a stable, dependable and long term source of funding to actively maintain the State's roadways and bridges; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of local governments to work in collaboration with New Jersey's congressional delegation, the Governor of the State of New Jersey, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the New Jersey State Legislature to quantify the State's transportation needs and pursue the appropriate methods of funding; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Governing Body of the Borough of Carteret, that we do in fact hereby support reauthorization of the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund and renewal of the Federal Surface Transportation Act. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be forwarded to New Jersey's congressional delegation, the Governor of the State of New Jersey, the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the President of the Senate of the State of New Jersey, our own State Senator and Assembly Representatives and the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Adopted this 6th day of November, 2003 and certified as a true copy of the original on November 7, 2003. KATHLEEN M. BARNEY Municipal Clerk RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B. COUNCILMAN YES NO NV A.B. k'Rlllq x RIOS X _ NaP~ 1~ X SITARZ X _ _ pART~;I X SOSNOWSKI X X - Indicate Vote AB · Absent NV - Not Vot{ng XOR - Indicates Vote to Overrule Veto Adopted at a meeting of the Municipal Council .p _ Nov~r 6, 2003