Capital Project Delivery Program

The project is currently in the second phase, Local Preliminary Engineering, where Ocean County advances the preliminary design of the Preliminary Preferred Alternative (PPA) selected during Local Concept Development. The purpose of this phase to further develop and refine the PPA with the detail necessary to identify the project limits and impacts and secure the approval of the environmental document required by the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). The table below provides an overview of the various phases of the project delivery process.

Local Concept Development

  • Purpose & Need Statement
  • Data Collection &  Environmental Screening Report
  • Selection of Preliminary Preferred Alternative
  • Concept Development Report
  • NEPA Classification
  • Create Design Communications Report
  • Initial Public Outreach & Involvement

Local Preliminary Engineering - We Are Here

  • Approved Design Exception Report
  • Cost Estimates (Final Design, ROW & Construction)
  • Approved Environmental Document
  • Approved Project Plan
  • Preliminary Engineering Report
  • Update Design Communications Report
  • Continued Public Outreach & Involvement

Final Design/Right-of-Way Acquisition

  • Construction Contract Documents & PS&E Package
  • Environmental Reevaluations
  • Environmental Permits
  • Acquisition on ROW
  • Update Design Communications Report
  • Continued Public Outreach & Involvement

Construction

  • Completed Construction
  • As-Built
  • Update & Finalize Design Communications Report
  • Close-out Documentation
  • Continued Public Outreach & Involvement

Project Funding

This project will receive federal funding included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, (Public Law 117-328) Division L, Title I, Highway Infrastructure Programs. This funding will be authorized through the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (NJDOT) Division of Local Aid and Economic Development and will follow the NJDOT Capital Project Delivery process.