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303 Amwell Road application adjourned to June 12; time-of-decision extended to June 30
Summary
The planning board agreed to keep the 303 Amwell Road (JMJ4 Abbeal LLC) application active while parties address environmental and contract issues, adjourning the application to June 12, 2025, with a time-of-decision extension to June 30, 2025.
An application to develop 303 Amwell Road (file 21PB-17-MSPV, JMJ4 Abbeal LLC) was continued by the Hillsborough Planning Board to June 12, 2025, with the time for decision extended to June 30, 2025, while environmental remediation and contract issues are resolved.
Applicant counsel Michael Logrodnick told the board the matter remains in the contract phase and that a limited area of environmental dumping is being addressed. "There was an isolated portion of an environmental concern," Logrodnick said, and his team has completed a Phase I and Phase II environmental review and is working with the township attorney and environmental professionals on the scope of remediation. Because the property remains under contract and the sale has not closed, the applicant asked that the application be held open while the parties sort out remediation and closing details.
Board members agreed to adjourn the matter to June 12, 2025, at which time the board will hear the application if it remains active; the board recorded a motion to extend the time of decision to June 30, 2025.
Why it matters: the application concerns a property under contract for open-space purchase by the township committee, according to public statements at the meeting; unresolved environmental remediation and contract closing conditions must be resolved before final site work or approvals proceed.
Action taken: the board approved an adjournment/extension request; no substantive site-plan hearing occurred on Jan. 9.
Next steps: the applicant and township attorney must finalize remediation and the purchase/sale status; the application will be scheduled for the June 12 meeting if the parties are prepared to proceed.
