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Hate development surprises? Read this.
"Does your project development due diligence checklist include a review of resolutions passed by the Council on Affordable Housing ("COAH")? If not, your project might be at risk, and you may not discover it until you are ready to start construction....
PSE&G\'s latest New Jersey power line concessions
How much does Public Service Electric and Gas's proposed new high-power line in northwest New Jersey mean to the company? Apparently, a lot more than it's $750 million cost.Consider the following: In order to reverse initial opposition to the project...
Highlands Council seeking planning consultants
New Jersey's Highlands Council is looking for a few good land-use planners.The Council says it's seeking:"Statements of Qualifications and supporting information ("Qualification Submittals") from consultants or consulting teams ("Firm") with expertis...
A TDR plan for NJ Highlands property owners
Property owners and developers havean opportunity to weigh in on the New Jersey Highlands Council's plans for a transfer of development rights (TDR) program based on one operating in the state's Pinelands region.The Highlands Council is soliciting (u...
Sierra Club's Earth Day New Jersey Report Card
Yeah, we know. The last thing you need is another Earth Day story, especially two days late.But this is different. It's the Sierra Club's annual Earth Day Report Card.The club awards it annual cheers and jeers to New Jersey individuals and organizati...
This environmental group started in a swamp
Back in 1959, the Port Authority announced plans to create a new regional airport to serve northern New Jersey, southern New York and eastern Pennsylvania.It chose a large, flat, wetland area in then rural northern Somerset and southern Morris count...
NJ's Great Power Line Debate: Round 2
In case you're just joining New Jersey's big power-line debate, here's where things stand.Public Service Electric & Gas, New Jersey's largest and most politically powerful utility, wants to erect the 500-kv Susquehanna-Roseland electric transmiss...
Proposed NJ electric power line prompts PR clash
New Jersey's largest power company, PSE&G, is embroiled in a growing public relations battle with environmental groups and some local government leaders over the proposed Susquehanna-Roseland high-power transmission line which the company wants ...
More time to comment on PSE&G power line
The New Jersey Highlands Council has extended the public comment period to January 30, 2009 on PSE&G's proposed Susquehanna-Roseland 500 kv Transmission Line.The Council says it expects to review the draft Consistency Determination for the projec...
High-voltage line before NJ Highlands Council
Is Public Service Electric and Gas's proposed Susquehanna-Roseland 500-kv Transmission Line consistent with the Highlands Plan?The staff to the New Jersey Highlands Council doesn't think so.In a recent analysis, they concluded that the project wou...
NJ enviros, planners clash over Highlands
It's a rare occurrence--New Jersey environmental and "smart-growth" planning organizations disagreeing in public.But the future of the Highlands Council's regional master plan is apparently important enough to send both sides onto the media battlegro...
