COVID-19 UPDATE 3
As you are aware, Governor Murphy has issued an Executive Order 104 regarding Covid-19 (Attached is the
Executive Order
). Related to the issuance of this order,
the New Jersey Department of Transportation has asked UTCA to inform its members that all NJDOT projects are continuing as usual and ALL NIGHT WORK WILL PROCEED AS USUAL!!!
There are no travel restrictions affecting project workers and employees pertaining to projects active during the hours between 8pm and 5am.
In addition, UTCA has learned of several municipalities and a few Counties that have shut construction projects down. These actions are specifically in violation of the Governor’s Executive Order (see section 12). This morning Bergen County had initially shut down its construction projects but has changed that decision. Passaic County issued a directive to shut down all non-emergency roadwork on County roads. UTCA is in the process of correcting this and we will update you regarding this development.
For your review,
below is a previous UTCA Notice concerning this situation
COVID-19 UPDATE
The Governors of New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut have announced coordinated social restrictions in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, details are below.
For Contractors
:
- As of this writing, all state and local construction projects can proceed as planned; no special considerations for our industry have been cited. All State workers needed to administer, inspect, review and process documents/ paperwork and payments for projects will continue.
- The New Jersey Infrastructure Bank will be fully operational to process all the necessary paperwork to continue to fund existing project payments. The I-Bank has notified all its loan recipients that the Bank will continue to be fully operational.
- NJDOT will continue to process all Local Aid funds and paperwork.
- We have checked with a number of Counties and they intend to keep all projects on schedule. Spot checking several municipalities, and all are continuing projects.
- DOT has requested that any contractors with issues or concerns regarding work schedules or other impacts from the COVID-19 outbreak work through UTCA staff. Please contact George Lobman with any concerns: george@utcanj.org
For Everyone
:
The following constraints will be in effect as of 8PM today, March 16, 2020 until further notice:
- Mandatory limit on crowd capacity for recreational and social gatherings to 50 people
- Restaurants and bars will close for on premise service and move to take-out and delivery only
- Movie theaters, gyms and casinos will temporarily close
- Private and public schools will close until further notice
- Residents are advised not to leave their homes between 8pm and 5am, the only exceptions, according to the governor’s recommendation, would be emergency or essential travel.
FYI, all businesses may operate from 5am to 8pm
.
There is also now a state website dedicated to helping small businesses effected by the outbreak. Please visit
cv.business.nj.gov
for more information.
We will continue to work with our elected officials and continue to encourage all public entities to keep the projects working and on schedule! We will continue to keep you up to date.
Thank you in advance! County
