By Cameron W. MacLeod, Gibbons law firm
4/09/2020
On April 8, 2020, Governor Murphy issued Executive Order 122 (EO 122), which further limited non-essential business operations throughout the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. This Executive Order halts all non-essential construction as of 8:00 PM on Friday, April 10, 2020.
The Executive Order expressly identifies those limited projects that may continue construction during the state of emergency. Of note, these include:
- Projects necessary for the delivery of healthcare services, including, but not limited to, hospitals, other healthcare facilities, and pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities
- Transportation projects, including roads, bridges, and mass transit facilities or physical infrastructure, including work done at airports/seaports
- Utility projects, including those necessary for energy and electricity production and transmission, and any decommissioning of facilities used for electricity generation
- Residential projects that are exclusively designated as affordable housing
- Schools projects
- Projects involving single-family homes that are under contract, or a project underway on a single-family home or single apartment where an individual already resides
- Projects involving facilities for the manufacture, distribution, storage, or servicing of goods sold by online retailers or essential retailers
- Projects involving data centers or facilities that are “critical” to a business’s ability to function
- Projects necessary for the delivery of essential social services, including homeless shelters
- Projects necessary to support law enforcement agencies or first responder units in response to…
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