New Jersey General Legal Counsel

DELAWARE RIVER JOINT TOLL BRIDGE COMMISSION REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NEW JERSEY-LEGAL SERVICES (General Counsel) January 7, 2022 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: LEGAL SERVICES – GENERAL COUNSEL January 7, 2022 The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission - The Commission is a bi-state agency created under a 1934 agreement between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey, and ratified in 1935 by the U.S. Congress in accordance with the Compact Clause to the U.S. Constitution. The Commission’s authority has been reaffirmed in court decisions and subsequent Compact supplements. The Bridge System - The Commission owns and operates 20 bridges crossing the low-saline and non-saline portions of the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The southernmost crossing is the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge and the northernmost is the Milford-Montague (Route 206) Toll Bridge. Eight of the crossings are toll bridges. Twelve are non-toll (“toll-supported”) bridges, in