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Resident says grassroots effort persuaded county to scale back Clark Reservoir plan; council urged to monitor county land

New Providence Borough Council · September 17, 2024
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Resident Alan Swanson told the council a citizen-led effort helped block a proposed amusement-park-style development at Clark Reservoir and urged local officials to keep watch over county-owned land in New Providence.

Alan Swanson of 47 Overhill Road used the public-comment portion of the New Providence Borough Council meeting to ask for a copy of the borough's complaint to New Jersey Transit and to recount a multi-year local campaign concerning Clark Reservoir.

"It was actually used as a reservoir, but it was abandoned as such decades ago," Swanson said, describing a county plan he said once envisioned an…

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