Roads in New Jersey are Among the Worst in the Nation

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, a new study says roads in New Jersey are among the worst in the nation.  According to a new report , “The analysis by CoPilot, a car-shopping app, found that out of all the states, New Jersey ranked third-worst for roads in the U.S., underneath only Rhode Island (47.9%) and California (46.2%). Georgia (6.1%), Tennessee (8.6%) and Florida (8.7%) have the best road conditions. In New Jersey, 42.4% of all major roads are in poor condition, compared to the national average of 26.4%. New Jersey also has 8.2% of interstates/freeways, 39.2% of arterials and 58% of minor arterials in poor condition.”

Among large urban areas with the worst roads, the New York-Newark metro area ranked No. 4 due to 45.5% of all major roads, 18.7% of interstates and freeways, 53.2% of arterials and 48.3% of minor arterials in poor conditions as well as 16 daily vehicle-miles per capita and 2.4 miles of road per 1,000 people. The state also ranked in the Philadelphia metro area (includes parts of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland) at No. 13.

The Tax fed the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund or as critics call it New Jersey Transportation Slush Fund. In mid July  watch dog group the Garden State Initiative  concluded, “An examination of publicly available meeting minutes and financial data shows that the Murphy Administration has failed to fully utilize our Gas Tax funds to deliver infrastructure improvements. Governor Murphy should immediately suspend the 27.3 cents per gallon in Gas Taxes collected from motorists, and rule-out any further tax increase this Summer,” said Regina M. Egea, president of the Garden State Initiative.