New Jersey § 32:11aa-1

§ 32:11aa-1.

The Governor is hereby authorized to enter into a compact, on behalf of the State

of New Jersey, with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which compact shall be in substantially

the following form: WHEREAS, In order to facilitate vehicular traffic between the eastern and western sections

of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, heretofore

created by the provisions of the Act of Assembly approved the twenty-first day of

May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws 774) has been authorized

and empowered by the provisions of said act and of the supplements and amendments

thereto to construct, operate and maintain a turnpike from a point on the western

boundary line of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to a point at the city of Philadelphia,

and pursuant thereto is engaged in the construction, operation and maintenance of

the Pennsylvania Turnpike System to carry vehicular traffic from the Pennsylvania-Ohio

State line across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to a point at King of Prussia in

Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, and has been further authorized and empowered by

an Act of Assembly to construct, operate and maintain an extension of the Pennsylvania

Turnpike System to carry such vehicular traffic to a point on or near the Delaware

river between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey and there

to construct, operate and maintain, either alone or in conjunction with the New Jersey

Turnpike Authority, or to contract with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority for the

construction, operation and maintenance of a bridge across the Delaware river, pursuant

to such compact as may be entered into between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and

the State of New Jersey; and WHEREAS, The New Jersey Turnpike Authority heretofore created by the New Jersey Turnpike

Authority Act of 1948 (Ch. 454, P.L.1948), 1 has been authorized to construct and is constructing a turnpike project across the

State of New Jersey from a point at State Highway Route No. 6 approximately three

miles westerly from the westerly end of the George Washington Bridge to a point in

the county of Salem at or near Deepwater to a connection with a new bridge across

the Delaware river now under construction, and has been further authorized and empowered

to construct, operate and maintain an extension to a point on or near the Delaware

river, between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and there

to construct, operate and maintain, either alone or in conjunction with the Pennsylvania

Turnpike Commission or to contract with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for the

construction, operation and maintenance of, a bridge across the Delaware river, to

connect with the Pennsylvania Turnpike System, pursuant to such compact as may be

entered into between the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;

and WHEREAS, It is necessary that a bridge be provided across the Delaware river in order to

form a connection between the Pennsylvania Turnpike System and the New Jersey turnpike

and that provision be made for the financing, construction, operation and maintenance

of said bridge under such agreement or agreements as may be entered into between the

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority; NOW, THEREFORE, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey do hereby solemnly

covenant and agree with each other, as follows: 1

N.J.S.A. §§ 27:23-1 to 27:23-22.