Monday, August 30, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
Council to examine need for COAH (Zimmer, Suburban Trends) West Milford, Passaic County
“The township will be examining its liability for builder’s remedy lawsuits, as local officials are doubting the need to pander for protection from the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH).”
Down to Its Last Million Acres (Martin, The New York Times) Statewide
“‘Total build out’ sounds as if it could be the title of a science fiction film. In fact it is a forecast of reality for New Jersey, which according to a new report is down to its last million acres of developable land, and may run out by midcentury.”
Planners Eye Traffic, Pollution Issues for Proposed Cleaners (Dunphy, Morristown Patch) Morristown, Morris County
“After an over two-hour meeting on Thursday, Aug. 26, the Planning Board had not yet decided whether or not to approve the construction of a new cleaners in a vacant lot on South Street.”
OPINION
Is New Jersey running out of space (Hasse and Lathrop, Jr., for The Record) Statewide
“Is New Jersey really going to run out of land? Yes. While the great recession has slowed things down, most of the state is only decades away from buildout, the condition where all available land is either built to its capacity or in some form of preserved open space.”
