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Middlesex County preparing countywide response to New Jersey state plan; draft due May 30
Summary
Consultant Kristen Russell updated the Middlesex County Planning Board on the state plan "cross-acceptance" process, saying municipalities must submit forms and map edits this week and the county will compile and submit a draft county response and about 600 map corrections to the state on May 30.
Kristen Russell, a consultant with Colliers Engineering and Design, told the Middlesex County Planning Board on May 13 that the county is compiling municipal feedback on the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan and will submit a draft county-level cross-acceptance response and map corrections to the state on May 30.
Cross acceptance is the formal process that compares the state plan’s policies with local and regional plans and asks municipalities to identify areas of agreement and disagreement. Russell said municipalities provide two types of responses: a state-provided form (the Cross Acceptance Response Template, or CARR) and GIS map edits that show proposed changes to the state plan map.
The county has run internal analyses in parallel with municipal outreach, Russell said,…
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