Requires DOT to compensate local government entities for contractual delay damages resulting from shutdown of transportation projects funded by Transportation Trust Fund; authorizes local government entities to use certain funds for transportation projects.

This bill (S 122) requires New Jersey's Department of Transportation (DOT) to compensate local governments (like municipalities and counties) for delay damages on transportation projects funded by the Transportation Trust Fund, if those delays resulted from Executive Order No. 210 of 2016. It allows local governments to use their own funds to continue or complete projects halted by that executive order, without DOT or other agencies withholding or canceling state transportation aid. The bill prohibits state agencies from penalizing local governments for using their own funds to keep projects moving forward. It directly affects local governments managing transportation projects impacted by the 2016 shutdown order.