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Egg Harbor Township adopts Route 152 redevelopment zoning despite residents’ environmental and safety objections
Summary
The township committee voted to adopt Ordinance 35, a zoning‑level redevelopment plan for Route 152/Anchorage Point that supporters say will repair infrastructure and attract investment; residents raised environmental, traffic, public‑safety and process concerns and cited a DCA letter limiting development in the PA‑5 area.
Egg Harbor Township’s governing body on a roll‑call vote adopted Ordinance 35, which sets zoning for the Route 152 redevelopment area in Anchorage Point, after more than two hours of public comment and debate.
Why it mattered: Residents of Anchorage Point and nearby neighborhoods urged the committee to hold or reject the measure, saying the plan would allow a marina and larger commercial uses on land and shoreline they described as environmentally sensitive. Speakers repeatedly cited a Department of Community Affairs review concluding only limited highway‑frontage areas in that PA‑5 (environmentally sensitive) planning area were appropriate for redevelopment.
Residents’ objections came in force. Jennifer Kerwin, an Anchorage Point resident and organizer of neighborhood opposition, told the…
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