Despite state assurances it will work with localities to cover extra costs from last year's construction shutdown, lawmakers plow ahead with plans to mandate it.
Mayors got assurances from the state that a new panel of political appointees that oversees transportation spending won't meddle in local-aid decisions.
Transportation officials are reopening a west bound lane of Interstate 195 in Mercer County that's been shuttered since a fatal accident occurred there earlier this month.
Federal prosecutors say a former New Jersey Department of Transportation engineer has admitted accepting a $24,000 bribe from a contractor who wanted help with a road construction project.