The New Jersey State Planning Act (N.J.S.A. 52:18A-196 et. seq.) requires that an Impact Assessment Study of a Draft Final State Plan be performed and the results of the study made available before adoption of a Final State Plan. The purpose of the Impact Assessment is to identify desirable changes, if any, to be incorporated into the State Plan prior to its adoption or re-adoption.

Pursuant to the State Planning Act, the State Planning Commission is also required to [..] “Prepare and adopt as part of the State Plan a long-term Infrastructure Needs Assessment, which shall provide information on present and prospective conditions, needs and costs with regard to State, county and municipal capital facilities, including water, sewerage, transportation, solid waste, drainage, flood protection, shore protection and related capital facilities” (N.J.S.A. 52:18A-199.b).

Both the 2001 Impact Assessment Study and the 2001 Infrastructure Needs Assessment are available.

Download the 2000 Impact Assessment Executive Summary and the 2001 Infrastructure Needs Assessment.

The Costs and Benefits of Alternative Growth Patterns: The Impact Assessment of the New Jersey State Plan Prepared by Robert W. Burchell, Ph.D., William R. Dolphin, Catherine C. Galley Center for Urban Policy Research, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey With the assistance of Richard K. Brail, Ph.D., Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Alex Zakrewski, Center for Urban Policy Research, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Nancy C. Neuman, Ph.D., Sandstone Environmental Associates Reviewed by John Epling, D.P.A., The Epling Corporation; Charles L. Siemon, Esq., Siemon Larsen and Marsh; David Slater, Hammer Siler George Associates; James C. Nicholas, Ph.D., University of Florida; Neil Muller, Muller Bohlin Associates.