Gov. Chris Christie says New Jersey's aging rest stops along the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway are getting a makeover.

The governor made the announcement Wednesday at the Monmouth travel plaza in Wall.

Christie said the state has agreed to give Sunoco and food service firm HMS Host a 25-year contract at the Turnpike and Parkway in exchange for $250 million in renovations.

“The folks that work here now are doing the very best they can with the facilities they’ve been given,” Christie said. “But now with these new facilities it will be much better.”

Christie says many of the plazas date back to the 1950s and need newer facilities. He says the work would be done by 2024 and that there could be some closures but he didn't specify.

The governor also said that the agreement with Sunoco and HMS Host allows the project to be completed without any cost to taxpayers.

The project still needs to be approved by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority Board of Commissioners.