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Local Safety / High Risk Rural Roads
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Who is Eligible?
- New Jersey Counties
- Sub-regions
Program Benefits
- Achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads, including non-National Highway System and non-State-owned public roads, and roads on tribal lands.
- Funds may be used for all phases of a project, including design, right-of-way acquisition, construction, and construction inspection.
Millstone Township in Monmouth County was funded by the federal High Risk Rural Roads program to improve safety on Stagecoach Road. This area experienced 21 reported crashes between 2003 and 2013 and was in need of superelevation, sight distance, and drainage improvements. The project milled and resurfaced the road, provided superelevation, applied high friction surface treatment, improved drainage, cleared brush to improve sight distance, and added new road markings, regulatory signs, and warning signs to improve road user awareness.
NJDOT works with the three MPOs in New Jersey to deliver the Local Safety / High Risk Rural Roads program. Each MPO is responsible for selecting and developing the project through concept design. For further information, please consult the MPO Map, contact your subregion, or review the Federal Aid Handbook, FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures, Engineers Estimate Bid Reviews and Evaluation Guidelines, Federal Aid Program Stewardship and Oversight, LPA Federal Requirements, and Special Provisions for Federal Aid.