These rules (pdf 437k) were developed through consultation with a truck task force, chaired by the Commissioner of Transportation, consisting of affected constituency groups, including the Leaque of Municipalities, the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, the New Jersey State Police and the New Jersey Motor Truck Association.

The truck routing rules replace emergency rules that were adopted on June 22, 2006. The emergency rules were proposed in February 2006 in response to the decision of the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's finding that New Jersey's truck routing rules violated the provisions of the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Under the direction of Governor Jon S. Corzine, this decision was raised to the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to hear the appeal on October 2, 2006.

These rules, as adopted, appeared in the January 22, 2008 New Jersey Register, where they were effective upon publication.