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Residents urge pause and more clarity as township advances MOU on Anchoridge Point redevelopment
Summary
Neighbors at Anchoridge Point pressed the Egg Harbor Township Committee to delay a proposed memorandum of understanding that would reserve bulkhead, Auburn Drive parking and a potential causeway signal for township negotiation with a developer, citing concerns about property rights, wetlands and public access.
The Egg Harbor Township Committee heard hours of public opposition on a memorandum of understanding tied to redevelopment plans in the Anchoridge/Seaview Harbor area, with residents urging the committee to pause action and hold detailed briefings before negotiating with the developer.
At the start of public comment, committee representative Mark Friedman explained that the MOU is intended to carve three items — the bulkhead, parking along Auburn (O'Byrne) Drive and a possible signal on the Route 152 causeway — out of ordinary planning-board site-plan review and keep those topics with the township committee for negotiation with the developer. "These issues are strictly limited to demarcating those three issues from the other issues that are there," Friedman said, adding the planning board would handle the balance of site-plan matters.
Homeowners from Anchorage/Anchoridge Point and nearby neighborhoods responded with detailed…
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