{"id":6900,"date":"2024-07-02T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/?p=6900"},"modified":"2024-07-02T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:33:12","slug":"shc1225013-final-hearing-woodbridge-conrail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/shc1225013-final-hearing-woodbridge-conrail\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Hearing&#8211;Township of Woodbridge, Middlesex County&#8211;Partial Disposal of Bowtie Pool Property for Conrail Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/plc-public-notices\/notice-2024-woodbridge-conrail-july-29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here for Full Public Hearing Notice<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Applicant:\u00a0<\/strong> Township of Woodbridge, Middlesex County<\/p>\n<p><strong>Park Name:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Bowtie Pool Property<\/p>\n<p><strong>Park Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">141 B Street, Port Reading (Woodbridge)<br \/>\nBlock 649.01, Lot 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed Action:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">The Township of Woodbridge is seeking approval to convey a 1.001-acre portion of the 6-acre Green Acres encumbered Bowtie Pool Property to the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) for the construction of a track and two new switches.\u00a0 The construction project will provide direct access between the Port Reading Secondary Line and the Garden State Secondary Line, eliminating the need for extended train idle times in residential areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">As compensation for the proposed disposal, the Township has acquired three replacement parcels totaling 4.862 acres which will be added to the Township\u2019s Recreation and Open Space Inventory. The parcels are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Spruce Street Park (Block 1079.08, Lot 2 (0.891 ac.), to be added to Spruce Street Park<\/li>\n<li>Block 664.03, Lot 1.01 ( 2.712 ac.), to be added to the Cyprus Park<\/li>\n<li>Part of Block 664.03, Lot 8 (future lot 8.02) (1.259 ac.), to serve as a connecting parcel between the Bowtie Pool Property and Cypress Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Additionally, to offset the loss of recreational amenities at the Bowtie Pool property, the Township has undertaken significant recreational improvements at Cypress Park, including upgraded soccer fields, two new roller hockey rinks, new playground equipment\/unitary playmat, walking path, pickleball courts and restrooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Additional information about the proposed partial disposal may be found in the full public hearing notice linked above and the following maps:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 160px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/shc1225013-aerial-location-map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aerial Map<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/shc1225013-county-roads.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">County Road Map<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/shc1225013-tax-map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tax Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearing Date\/Time:<\/strong>\u00a0 July 29, 2024 at 6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearing Location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\">Woodbridge Township Administration Building<br \/>\n1 Main Street<br \/>\nWoodbridge, New Jersey 07095<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Comments Accepted Through:<\/strong>\u00a0 August 12, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Please click the link above for the full public hearing notice, including addresses where written comments should be sent.\u00a0 Emailed comments are preferred.\u00a0 If you send comments by email, please include &#8220;SHC1225013&#8221; in the subject line of your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click Here for Full Public Hearing Notice Applicant:\u00a0 Township of Woodbridge, Middlesex County Park Name:\u00a0 \u00a0Bowtie Pool Property Park Location: 141 B Street, Port Reading (Woodbridge) Block 649.01, Lot 1 Proposed Action: The Township of Woodbridge is seeking approval to convey a 1.001-acre portion of the 6-acre Green Acres encumbered Bowtie Pool Property to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"dep-wlm-single.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,10,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-final-public-hearing","category-ga-applications","category-plc-public-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/otpla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}