The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy released $150 million in fiscal year 2026 (FY26) County Aid earlier this month. The funds will support local infrastructure improvement projects to improve local communities statewide.
The county aid funding program awards money to projects that help maintain public roads and bridges that are considered in a state of good repair and under county jurisdiction. The program can also fund other transportation-related work at the county level. The funding is apportioned based on each of New Jersey’s 21 county’s population and road milage. The program is funded by the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund (TTF).
Counties are required to submit eligible projects to NJDOT for approval prior to Dec. 1, 2025. The approved eligible projects are then identified in a county’s annual Transportation Program for future guidance and funding priorities.
To allow counties to better plan their future projects, a new schedule for county aid was signed into law by the governor. NJDOT must now inform counties of their allotments for the current year by July 31. This round’s largest allotment include:
- $12.7 million for Bergen County.
- $11.9 million for Ocean County.
- $10.4 million for Middlesex County.
- $9.4 million for Monmouth County.
- $9.3 million for Burlington County.
- $8.6 million for Camden County.
- $7.3 million for Morris County.
- $7.2 million for Cumberland County.
- $7 million for Gloucester County.
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