[CPEO-BIF] Somerville, New Jersey landfill

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Somerville Landfill Gets Brownfield Designation

By Maria Wood
Globe Street
October 12, 2009

SOMERVILLE, NJ-The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has 
given a landfill here a Brownfield Development Area designation. The 
move is expected to facilitate the cleanup of 160 acres extending from 
the Somerville Railway Station to the Raritan River.

"The redevelopment of this brownfield area will result in direct and 
indirect environmental benefits for the community," says Somerville 
Mayor Brian Gallagher in a statement, "including improved water quality 
and the creation of walking trails and green spaces in the borough. The 
redevelopment will also bring a number of other non-environmental 
benefits to the borough and contribute to improving the quality of life 
for all in Somerville, while also making a significant economic impact 
regionally."

The project seeks to convert the former landfill into a community 
resource incorporating open space and development adjacent to the NJ 
Transit rail station. Preliminary plans envision up to 1,200 residential 
units, 45,000 square feet of retail, up to 185,000 square feet of 
commercial and office space and more than 40 acres of green area.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.globest.com/news/1515_1515/newjersey/181555-1.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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