A board of chosen freeholders or other governing body charged with the construction, maintenance and repair of roads may acquire lands for gravel pits, stone quarries, or other natural deposits of road building materials advantageously located for use in its jurisdiction and make payment therefor from funds available for the construction, maintenance and repair of roads.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 27:14-27
Authorities may acquire quarries and gravel pits
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