Can construction projects continue? What construction is deemed essential?

Source: Business.NJ.gov

Non-essential construction projects must cease, effective Friday, April 10, 2020, at 8 p.m.

If your business is conducting construction deemed essential, that construction may continue; these construction projects include:

• Projects for health care, including hospitals and health care facilities;

• Transportation projects, including roads, bridges, and physical infrastructure;

• Utility projects;

• Residential projects that are exclusively affordable housing;

• Projects involving K-12 schools in Schools Development Authority districts and higher education facilities;

• Projects already underway at a single-family home—or an individual apartment unit where an individual already resides—with a construction crew of 5 or fewer;

• Projects already underway involving a residential unit which a tenant or buyer has legally agreed to occupy by a certain date, if construction is necessary for the unit's availability;

• Projects involving the manufacture, distribution, storage, or servicing of products sold by essential retail businesses;

• Data centers or facilities critical to a business’s ability to function;

• Projects for the delivery of essential social services, including homeless shelters;

• Projects supporting law enforcement or first responders;

• Projects ordered by Federal or State government;

• Construction of new religious facilities or construction involving existing religious facilities;

• Any work to secure and protect a non-essential construction project for its suspension;

• Any emergency repairs necessary for the health and safety of residents.

All other construction projects must cease, effective Friday, April 10, 2020, at 8 p.m.

Updated: May 3, 2020 Source: Executive Order No. 122, Administrative Order 2020-11

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