A608

Requires installation of certain rescue supplies on certain bridges.

Introduced·1/13/26
Introduced Text

New Jersey A608 mandates installation of rescue supplies on bridges over waterways.

New Jersey A608 requires the New Jersey Department of Transportation, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, the South Jersey Transportation Authority, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Delaware River Port Authority, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, and the Delaware River and Bay Authority to install a cabinet on every bridge that has a total length of 100 feet or more and crosses over a waterway. The cabinet must include a rescue tube and life jacket for first responders to use in drowning rescues.

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Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

History

Jan 13

Assembly

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee