N.J. Stat. § 48:12-67.1
Sections 48:12-61 to 48:12-66 of the Revised Statutes shall apply to all alterations, reconstructions, changes, relocations or openings ordered by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, after the effective date of this act, and also to any alterations, reconstructions, changes, relocations or openings ordered prior to such effective date, if no part of the work under such order had been actually commenced on the ground prior to such date. No further application to the board shall be necessary in any proceedings in which an order of the board had been made prior to the effective date of this act to bring the alterations, reconstructions, changes, relocations or openings, so ordered, within the provisions of said sections 48:12-61 to 48:12-66 of this Title.
This section shall not be applicable to any grade crossing elimination under a State Highway Department program, pursuant to the provisions of sections 48:12-68 to 48:12-77 of this Title.
N.J.S. § 48:12-67.1