TRENTON — New Jersey will spend $400 million for transportation projects under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Chris Christie.
The
Democrat-led Legislature sent Christie the bill after he sought the
supplemental funding during his budget speech last month.
The legislation allocates $260 million for roads and bridges and $140 million for NJ Transit.
Lawmakers
said that the Department of Transportation will specify which projects
are paid for and that the money would be spent within 100 days.
Lawmakers say the NJ Transit money is aimed specifically at technology improvements and safety on the system.
The
legislation boosts the current fiscal year transportation trust fund
from $1.6 billion to $2 billion. That's the level Christie and lawmakers
set for the next eight years in a 2016 deal.
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