N.J. Stat. § 32:1-35.27

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is hereby authorized and empowered in its discretion to enter into an agreement or agreements upon such terms or conditions as it may deem in the public interest with the United States, the State of New Jersey, or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division of any of the foregoing, or any municipality or other public corporation in the State of New Jersey, or any person, firm, association, company or corporation, or any two or more of the foregoing, to effectuate any of the access improvement project set forth in section 4 of this act. Any such agreement or agreements relating to the highway access improvement project described in section 4 of this act may provide for the construction, reconstruction, ownership, improvement, maintenance or operation of any portion or portions of such project by the State of New Jersey, or by any agency, department, commission, public agency, board or division of such State, or by any one or more of the foregoing. The State of New Jersey or any agency, department, commission, public authority, board or division thereof, or any municipality or other public corporation in the State of New Jersey, or any two or more of the foregoing, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Port Authority, the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, or any person, firm, association, company or corporation, or any two or more of the foregoing, to effectuate the access improvement project set forth in section 4 of this act. L.1977, c. 365, s. 5.