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Who oversees New Jersey’s infrastructure?

The agencies/authorities responsible for New Jersey’s physical and digital infrastructure

New Jersey’s trains, airports, roads, bridges, electrical grid, drinking and wastewater, and digital infrastructure is managed, protected, and administered by a host of state, regional and federal agencies and authorities.

State agencies and authorities

Agency/AuthorityResponsibilityWebsite

New Jersey Department of TransportationNJDOT
State highways, bridges, roads, freight corridors, transportation funding, construction, traffic, and infrastructure resiliencehttps://www.nj.gov/transportation
NJ TRANSITCommuter rail, buses, light rail, stations, rail infrastructure, service reliability, and major transit projectshttps://www.njtransit.com
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund AuthorityTTFAFinances the annual capital program of the NJDOT and NJ TRANSIThttps://dot.nj.gov/ttfa/index.shtml
New Jersey Turnpike AuthorityNew Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway, tolls, bridges, highway construction, traffic, and capital projectshttps://www.njta.com/
South Jersey Transportation AuthoritySJTAAtlantic City Expressway, Atlantic City International Airport, regional transportation, toll operations, and South Jersey infrastructurehttps://www.sjta.com
New Jersey Motor Vehicle CommissionNJMVCMotor-vehicle regulation, licensing, registration, roadway safety, and transportation serviceshttps://www.nj.gov/mvc/
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection NJDEPClimate change, flooding, stormwater, wetlands, water quality, contaminated sites, air pollution, coastal protection, waste, renewable-energy permitting, and radiation protectionhttps://dep.nj.gov
New Jersey Board of Public UtilitiesNJBPUElectric and gas utilities, utility rates, renewable energy, solar, community solar, offshore wind, energy efficiency, storage, grid reliability, telecommunications, and ratepayer protectionhttps://www.nj.gov/bpu
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs NJDCAHousing, building codes, local government, community development, disaster recovery, redevelopment, and local infrastructure programshttps://www.nj.gov/dca/
New Jersey Economic Development AuthorityNJEDAEconomic-development incentives, infrastructure financing, clean-energy investment, data centers, redevelopment, business expansion, and public-private projectshttps://www.njeda.gov/
New Jersey Infrastructure Bank NJIBLow-cost financing for drinking-water, wastewater, stormwater, transportation, flood-mitigation, and resilience projectshttps://www.njib.gov/
New Jersey Department of the TreasuryState capital planning, bond financing, infrastructure appropriations, public contracting, and state financial oversighthttps://www.nj.gov/treasury/
Division of Property Management and ConstructionDPMCState-owned buildings, public construction, capital projects, facility maintenance, and construction procurementhttps://www.nj.gov/treasury/dpmc/
New Jersey Schools Development AuthoritySDAConstruction and major renovation of eligible school facilities and school-infrastructure financinghttps://www.njsda.gov/
New Jersey Department of Education NJDOESchool facilities policy, school-district capital planning, school construction standards, and public-school infrastructurehttps://www.nj.gov/education/
New Jersey Office of Information Technology NJOITState technology infrastructure, data systems, digital services, and technology-related infrastructure policyhttps://www.nj.gov/it/
New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell NJCCICCybersecurity involving utilities, water systems, transportation, local governments, data centers, and critical infrastructurehttps://www.cyber.nj.gov/
New Jersey Office of Emergency ManagementNJOEMFloods, storms, extreme weather, disaster preparedness, infrastructure recovery, and emergency fundinghttps://www.nj.gov/njoem/
New Jersey Department of Health NJDOHPublic-health effects of drinking-water contamination, environmental hazards, extreme heat, and emergency preparednesshttps://www.nj.gov/health/
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development NJLWDInfrastructure workforce, construction labor, apprenticeships, prevailing wage, public-works contractors, and clean-energy jobshttps://www.nj.gov/labor/
New Jersey State PoliceTransportation emergencies, infrastructure security, hazardous materials, emergency response, and statewide public safetyhttps://nj.gov/njsp/
New Jersey Department of AgricultureFarmland preservation, agricultural land use, solar development on farmland, and agricultural infrastructurehttps://www.nj.gov/agriculture/
Department of Law & Public Safety, Division of Highway Traffic SafetyHTSMotor-vehicle related safety, State Community Highway Safety Programhttps://www.njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-of-highway-traffic-safety-home/
New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency NJHMFAAffordable housing, housing finance, redevelopment, housing infrastructure, and climate-related housing concernshttps://www.nj.gov/dca/hmfa/

Regional and federal agencies/authorities

AgencyResponsibilityWebsite
Port Authority of New York and New JerseyPANYNJPATH
George Washington Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel
Port Authority Bus Terminal, Journal Square
JFK, LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, Stewart, and Teterboro airports
Port Newark, Howland Hook Marine Terminal (State Island), Port Jersey-Port Authority Marine Terminal
https://www.panynj.gov/
Delaware River Port AuthorityDRPAPATCO, bridges, ports, and economic development in the Delaware Valleyhttps://www.drpa.org/
Delaware River and Bay AuthorityDRBADelaware Memorial Bridge, ferry service, regional transportation, and port facilitieshttps://www.drba.net/
Delaware River Basin CommissionDRBCDevelops and effectuates plans, policies and projects relating to the water resources of the Delaware River Basinhttps://nj.gov/drbc/
North Jersey Transportation Planning AuthorityNJTPARegional transportation planning, federal transportation funding, air-quality compliance, and long-range infrastructure planshttps://www.njtpa.org/
Delaware Valley Regional Planning CommissionDVRPCRegional transportation, land use, environmental planning, freight, and infrastructure planning in the Philadelphia regionhttps://www.dvrpc.org/
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York DistrictFlood risk reduction, shoreline/coastal resilience, and major water infrastructurehttps://www.nan.usace.army.mil/
 Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region 2FEMADisaster declarations, recovery, resilience grants, flood-related programs, and hazard mitigation infrastructure https://www.fema.gov/about/organization/region-2
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2EPASuperfund sites, drinking water, wastewater, air quality, environmental permits, and federal environmental enforcementhttps://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-2

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