Take Notice that an application for a Freshwater Wetlands Individual Permit,
under the Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act Rules (N.J.A.C. 7:7A) will be submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Land Resource Protection for the development described below:
APPLICANT: New Jersey Department of Transportation
PROJECT NAME: Route I-80, CR 631 to Green Pond Road/ Hibernia Avenue (CR 513)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project is within Morris County and is intended to reduce the probability of wrong-way drivers entering the Route I-80 mainline. The project entails deploying a Wrong-Way Detection System (WWDS) at interchange ramps to alert the wrong way driver, new and refurbished Dynamic Messaging System (DMS) signs near proposed WWDS fitted ramps to alert Route I-80 mainline drivers of a wrong-way driver, and Camera Surveillance System (CSS) cameras mounted at existing and proposed DMS sign locations to monitor
roadway conditions. Regulated activities in wetlands and wetland transition areas include excavation, installation of structures and impacts to vegetation necessary for the installation of the WWDS and related improvements.
PROJECT STREET ADDRESS: Route I-80 from Milepost 29.70 to 37.63
BLOCK: N/A LOT: N/A
MUNICIPALITY: Mount Arlington Borough, Rockaway Township, Rockaway Borough, Roxbury Township, Wharton Borough, Morris County
The complete permit application package can be viewed at the municipal clerk's office in the municipality in which the site subject to the application is located or by appointment at the NJDEP's Trenton Office. In addition, an electronic copy of the initial application can be provided via an OPRA request by contacting https://www.nj.gov/dep/opra/opraform.html from the NJDEP's Trenton Office. The Department of Environmental Protection welcomes comments and any information that you may provide concerning the proposed development and site. Please submit your written comments within 15 calendar days of receiving this letter to:
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Land Resource Protection
P.O. Box 420, Code 501-02A
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Attn: Mount Arlington Borough, Rockaway Township, Rockaway Borough, Roxbury Township, Wharton Borough, Supervisors
February 25 2026
LNYS0464897
$32.86