COVID-19 UPDATE 7
The Department of Community Affairs (NJDCA), plans to issue a guidance document to all local governments (i.e. counties, municipalities, MUA’s, SUA’s and etc.) regarding the continuance of construction projects. The Guidance document provides instructions and responsibilities for local governments concerning construction projects, project inspections, code inspections, permit processing, bidding, awarding of contracts and other related construction activities. UTCA has been working directly with the NJDCA concerning the need for the guidance document and the construction related issues that must be addressed for the State’s local public works projects to continue throughout the State in a uniform manner. The NJDCA will issue the document once Governor Murphy has approved its content which we anticipate will be close of today or early tomorrow. When we receive the Guidance Document, we will make it available to our member firms.
Please note below are additional updates:
NJ DOT:
Yesterday we informed you that
UTCA is directly working with NJ DOT to
allow contractors to switch “night work” to “day-time work” (at the contractor’s option), extend/expand Lane closures, add additional work to contracts and allow for construction acceleration during this time of minimal traffic. NJ DOT has agreed to 1. Extend day-time working hours on all projects by one hour at the start of the day and one hour at the completion of the day (two additional hours of work each day) and 2. move SOME night operations to the day-time operations ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS!!
NJDOT now requires that
each company making the request to switch to “day-time” operations
must use THIS form
(DOT Lane closure Form). Complete it and submit it to the project RE.
We apologize for any inconvenience, however, the NJDOT changed their process. Please note that some questions have been pre-filled at the direction of NJDOT. Please complete the remaining fields and submit the document to your R.E.
and send
George Lobman
a copy
.
Construction Supply Deliveries from Pennsylvania:
We have been fielding calls from member firms in southern New Jersey and contractors on Port Authority projects concerning material deliveries from the State of Pennsylvania. The Governor of Pennsylvania has shut down most construction projects in that state and originally there was much confusion concerning materials deliveries to other states (i.e. stone, precast items etc.). The Governor of Pennsylvania has clarified that mining, manufacturing and trucking have certain exemptions from the Governor’s shutdown order. The following document explaining exemptions may be helpful to those experiencing material delivery issues from Pennsylvania sources:
Pennsylvania Industry Guidance
South Jersey Transportation Authority Toll Increase:
The South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) plans to schedule its Toll increase hearing for April 1 & 2, 2020.
We cannot lose focus regarding this toll increase
! The SJTA plans to add a lane each way for the entire length of the Atlantic City Expressway, construct bridge improvement projects and other related improvements. The SJTA also plans to build a light rail system from Glassboro, New Jersey to Camden, New Jersey. Our UTCA team will be testifying in favor of the toll increase to support these infrastructure improvements during the hearings. We will be emailing out to our members in the near future a request for you, your employees and vendors to send an email to the SJTA with messages of support for the toll increase.
If anyone has further questions concerning this notice, please contact the UTCA office at 723 292-4300
