October 11, 2011
Poll finds support for statewide planning in New Jersey (Kitchenman, NJ BIZ) Statewide
“New Jersey residents support statewide planning to guide growth and development and to protect farms and open space, according to a poll released Tuesday.”
DCA commissioner pledges changes to affordable-housing system (Burd, NJ BIZ) Statewide
“Less than a month after the Department of Community Affairs took full control over the functions of the Council on Affordable Housing, the agency’s head told many of the state’s builders Friday that changes to the system are under way.”
State’s high court to decide if statutes not adhered to in HIllsdale, judicial reviews of development proposal (Firschein, The Record) Hillsdale, Bergen County
“A lawsuit against the Borough’s Planning Board is headed to the New Jersey Supreme Court, challenging what it claimed were derivations from state statutes by the board and lower-court judges in considering a developer’s application.”
An Unofficial Transit Village (Martin, The New York Times) West Windsor, Mercer County
“It took nearly five years to get all aboard, but this township is to have its own ‘transit village’; 800 housing units and a retail center beside its Princeton Junction train station.”
Proposed uptown development causes a stir (Smith, The Hudson Reporter) Hoboken, Hudson County
“A new uptown residential development proposal has neighbors and open space activists up in arms, and the City Council even opposed the plan at Wednesday’s meeting by unanimously passing a nonbinding resolution.”
Monday, August 1, 2011
NEWS
Can’t agree on development (Smith, Hudson Reporter) Hoboken, Hudson County
“New Jersey Transit and city officials have failed again to come to an agreement on plans for development near the downtown transit terminal. Now, the city has instructed a planner to draw up designs for the 52-acre site on the south end of Hoboken, which should be unveiled in the fall, according to Mayor Dawn Zimmer.”
Court Approves Construction of 360 Residential Units on Birchwood Avenue (Antonelli, Cranford Patch) Cranford, Union County
“Cranford officials plan to appeal a decision made Friday by a Superior Court judge that will allow a developer to construct 360 residential units at the quiet corner of 215 Birchwood Ave., a street that’s prone to flooding.”
Plainfield seeks rejuvenation strategies (Staff, mycentraljersey.com) Plainfield, Union County
“Representatives from Plainfield joined leaders from 11 other New Jersey cities at a two-day seminar in Trenton last week to explore best practices for tackling vacant property challenges and restoring neighborhoods.”
OPINION
How state zoning rules foster sprawl, hike costs (Evans, for northjersey.com) Statewide
“On a regular basis we hear how sprawl development continues to eat up the last remaining open space across New Jersey, and residents continue to express confusion about how this keeps happening.”
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 (Morning)
NJ Transit Unveils Second Version of Downtown Plan (Moses, Hoboken Patch) Hoboken, Hudson County
“New Jersey Transit presented a new vision of its $250 million plan for the Hoboken terminal on Tuesday night.”
Borough wants to send governor a message about light rail plan (Gemignani, Northern Valley Suburbanite) Tenafly, Bergen County
“Borough officials are leaning toward sending Governor Christie a letter stating local opposition to New Jersey Transit’s plans to re-establish passenger rail service in Tenafly accompanied by a companion resolution.”
Dealership gets OK to build solar car canopy (Funderburk, The Daily Journal) Vineland, Cumberland County
“Rossi Honda plans to build three canopies with an array of solar panels to cover new display vehicles and customer cars at its Delsea Drive dealership.”
Monday, December 13, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
NJ Transit to update community on ‘time sensitive’ redevelopment proposal for Hoboken rail yards (Colaneri, The Jersey Journal) Hoboken, Hudson County
“Back in September, NJ Transit came forward with yet another proposal for the Hoboken rail yards, touting the interest of an unnamed ‘world class company’ in relocating its headquarters on Mile Square soil.”
Planners say it’s time to beef up Dinky (Knapp, The Times of Trenton) Princeton, Mercer County
“Continue to strengthen Dinky rail service from Princeton to Princeton Junction. That’s the message the Regional Planning Board of Princeton is sending to NJ Transit.”
Variance OK’d for pumps to West Deptford Wawa (Scott, The Gloucester County Times) West Deptford, Gloucester County
“In spite of protests from a worried township resident, the zoning board has approved a variance allowing Wawa to put in a gas station next to its Crown Point Road store.”
Monday, December 6, 2010 (Evening)
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010 (Morning)
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NEWS
Transportation agencies discuss impact of ARC tunnel cancellation (Lee, NJBIZ) Newark, Essex County
“The cancellation of the Access to the Region’s Core tunnel project continues to cast its shadow over transportation planning in the region, even as agencies pursue other large-scale infrastructure projects, transit officials said Monday morning.”
West Windsor: Township planning parking (Staff, The Princeton Packet) West Windsor, Mercer County
“Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said the township plans to move full speed ahead to build more than 500 new parking spots at the Princeton Junction Train Station, independent of NJ Transit’s plan to privatize parking at 81 of its agencies — Princeton Junction included.”
Zoning Board To Go Forward With Special Hearing (Moses, Hoboken Patch) Hoboken/Weehawken, Hudson County
“Even though the Township of Weehawken has asked to postpone it, the Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a special meeting Tuesday night, to hear Hoboken unleashed’s application to turn 1714 Willow Ave. into a pet resort.”
RFP
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010 (Afternoon)
Hoboken’s own Washington Street dubbed one of Top 10 Great U.S. Streets (Colaneri, The Jersey Journal) Hoboken, Hudson County
“The American Planning Association has dubbed Hoboken’s own Washington Street as one of the Top 10 Great Streets in America for both its strong sense of history and its embrace of the future — an exemplar of urban planning.”
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 (Afternoon)
NEWS
Cash-strapped NJ Transit proposes commercial development at historic Hoboken Terminal (Frassinelli, The Star-Ledger) Hoboken, Hudson County
“Thomas Edison was at the throttle of the first electrified train driven from Hoboken Terminal eight decades ago.”
OPINION
Christie off the rails on tunnel (Staff Editorial, The Asbury Park Press) Statewide
“Gov. Chris Christie’s announcement Thursday that he was pulling the plug on a new Hudson River rail tunnel that had been more than a decade in the planning stages was his latest in a line of “my way or the highway” decrees.
New Jersey has long been a transportation innovator (Model, for newsjerseynewsroom.com) Statewide
“Most don’t think of our roads here in New Jersey. They’re too crowded. Many from elsewhere associated our state with less scenic parts of the Jersey Turnpike, making us the butt end of too many jokes. But the fact is that New Jersey has been an innovator in highway design.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
DEP office to mediate disputes with business rather than take them to court (Fallon, The Record) Trenton, Mercer County
“Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin is resurrecting a program that mediates disputes between the agency and businesses such as land developers over everything from permits to fines, officials said Monday.”
No Agreement on DEP’s New Office of Dispute Resolution (Johnson, NJ Spotlight) Trenton, Mercer County
“The Christie administration yesterday said it was resurrecting the Office of Dispute Resolution, once a much criticized section of the Department of Environmental Protection that environmentalists viewed as weakening the enforcement of pollution laws.”
The Future of the ARC Tunnel (Magyar, NJ Spotlight) Hudson County
“Governor Christie’s unilateral suspension of new work on the $8.7 billion mass-transit tunnel into Manhattan sparked speculation that he was considering abandoning the project in order to use the money to replenish the drained Transportation Trust Fund, which underwrites roads and related infrastructure throughout the state. That theory was bolstered a week ago when Christie’s New Jersey Transit chief confirmed that there had been discussions within the administration about doing just that.”
NJ Transit Proposes Downtown Development (Moses, Hoboken Patch) Hoboken, Hudson County
“New Jersey Transit proposed its tentative plan for the downtown train terminal on Monday night during a well attended public meeting at the waiting room in the Lackawanna Terminal.”
Phillipsburg Planning Board gives preliminary approval to solar field on former Ingersoll-Rand property (Wojcik, The Express-Times) Phillipsburg, Warren County
“A 22-acre solar field proposed for the former Ingersoll-Rand property can move forward as long as the project receives town council’s blessing and completes a number of conditions — including repair of the Route 22 entryway to the site.”
Warren County reaches milestone of 20,000 farmland acres preserved (Wichert, The Express-Times) Warren County
“Down a dirt road and into the foggy pasture of a White Township farm, state and local officials traveled today to celebrate a milestone for the agricultural community in Warren County: 20,000 acres of farmland have been preserved.”
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Monday, September 20, 2010 (Evening)
NEWS
Colonia residents ready to fight cell phone tower (Bichao, The Home News) Woodbridge, Middlesex County
“They’re not lawyers or real estate brokers, but in the week leading up to Thursday’s zoning board meeting, a number of residents of the Colonia section have been reading up on laws and property value information.”
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