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State Funded Program

Municipal Aid

The Municipal Aid program is a competitive program intended to provide municipalities with transportation-based grants to supplement their transportation programs. Annually, the Municipal Aid Program is funded at the level of $150 million from the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF). The Department encourages municipalities to consider using the Municipal Aid Program to fund projects that support safety, walking, and biking in their communities.

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A Safer Community Starts Here!

Optimize your Municipal Aid and County Aid application by incorporating safety enhancements into projects.

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Discover how to prioritize safety, enhance streets, and improve your application.

Create Change Where it Matters Most

When transportation safety is prioritized for all road users, residents experience greater comfort, freedom, and choices in their daily lives. Take action now to prioritize safety and build a resilient future!

Community Benefits

  • Create attractive public spaces
  • Encourage a healthier environment
  • Inspire active and engaged residents
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Why It Matters

Support Target Zero

New Jersey’s Target Zero initiative aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2040 by focusing on high-need safety areas. Use the Target Zero Commission to identify crash-prone locations.

High Injury Network Tool

Strengthen Applications

Optimize your County Aid application by incorporating safety enhancements into your projects. To learn more about effectively integrating these elements, watch the video below.
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23%
of traffic fatalities in New Jersey from 2014 to 2024 involved speeding. Smart road design can reduce speeding and save lives.

Targeted Improvements

Explore low-cost FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures that can transform streets and strengthen communities.

  • Stop-Controlled Intersection Enhancements
    Reduce fatal and injury crashes by 10%.
  • Walkways
    Reduce pedestrian crashes by 65-89%.
  • Leading Pedestrian Interval
    Reduce pedestrian-vehicle crashes by 13%.
FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasures
Municipal Aid

Program Milestones

Apply

April - July

Resolution Due

No later than July 31

Grant Announcement

No later than November 30

Project Award

24 Months after Grant Announcement

Who is Eligible?

  • New Jersey Municipalities who submit an application for funding by July 1st each year​

Program Benefits

  • To support the State's goal of constructing 1,000 new miles of dedicated bike paths, facilities that are physically sepaarted from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier, either within the highway right of way or within an independent right of way.
  • Encourage bicycling and walking as an alternate mode of transportation
  • Improve municipal bridges and roads
  • Improve quality of life through beautification
  • Make roadways safer
  • Reduce road congestion​
How Projects Are Evaluated

Eligible Types of Improvements

Bikeway

Construction of new bikeways (e.g., bike lanes, bike paths, bike compatible roadways).

Bridge Preservation

Improve the condition of bridge infrastructure (e.g., new deck, rehabilitation, replacement).

Mobility

Enhance mobility and reduce congestion (e.g., adding lanes, signal optimization).

Pedestrian Safety

Enhance pedestrian safety (e.g., new sidewalks, crosswalks, traffic calming, pedestrian overpass).

Quality of Life

Beautification, environmental mitigation, economic development, or historic preservation.

Roadway Preservation

Improve the condition of roadway infrastructure (e.g., resurfacing, reconstruction, drainage).

Roadway Safety

Enhance vehicular safety (e.g. guide rail. signage, warning devices, and striping).

Pavement Preservation

Renew the road surface and correct irregularities while preserving and protecting the underlying pavement structure (e.g., slurry seal, micro-surfacing, fog seal).

FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasure

Utilization of a FHWA Proven Safety Countermeasure.
Project Profile

Skillman Road
Pathway & Roadway Improvement, Montgomery Township

Montgomery Township in Somerset County received funding through the Municipal Aid program to rehabilitate pavement, add bicycle lanes to 1.5 miles of Skillman Road (County Route 601 to Burnt Hill Road), and construct 2.1 miles of a new 6-foot-wide pedestrian multi-use pathway on Skillman Road and Burnt Hill Road. The project delivered enhanced ride quality for vehicles and bicyclists and improved pedestrian and bicycle signage, as well as traffic markings. Upgraded street name signs improve visibility. The investments will allow community members to access numerous local amenities on foot or by bike, including Skillman Park, the US Post Office, the Otto Kaufman Community Center, St. Charles Borromeo Church, local schools, numerous residential neighborhoods, and farms.

Interested in Applying?

How to Apply

All applications are to be submitted online through SAGE (System for Administering Grants Electronically). An applicant can submit up to two (2) applications for each fiscal year. Applications are evaluated in the field and scored based on the existing conditions and information provided in the applications as well as the applicant’s past performance in managing grants. Upon review of all applications and subsequent rankings, a list of recommended projects is forwarded to the Commissioner of Transportation for consideration and approval. Once approved by the commissioner, all municipalities are notified in writing of the disposition of their application.

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