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Development Issues

Development is ongoing throughout the Pinelands and is monitored by Pinelands Preservation Alliance and local residents.

	Pemberton Township Asphalt Millings Pemberton Township recently resurfaced Tensaw Drive in the County Lakes section of the Township, but dumped the resulting asphalt millings along the shoulder of Spring Lake Blvd. Read on to learn about the action taken by concerned residents and PPA. Learn More
	Clustering Gone Bad? The Pinelands Commission and Buena Vista Township, Atlantic County has received a cluster development application for the Rural Development Management Area of the Pinelands. The application which was submitted by IMAJE LLC, - Ira Mendelsohn’s does not raise any inconsistencies with the Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP), but when you take a close review of the site plans for this 97 home project it’s hard to see how this cluster layout will protect the natural resources of the Pinelands. Learn More
	Jackson Township - Bowman Road Jackson Township Planning Board voted to allow a new resource extraction operation on 109 acres along Bowman Road. This site is located in a Forest Management Area where new mining in not permitted under the Comprehensive Management Plan. Learn More
	Jackson Township Parkland Diversion The taxpayers of New Jersey have purchased 115 acres of land on Jackson Mills Road for $6.5 million dollars, but Jackson Township has gated and locked the site. Why? Because they have already diverted our recreational open space to a compost facility and parked equipment onsite they say needs to be protected. Learn More
	McGuire-Fort Dix-Lakehurst Joint Base McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), Fort Dix, and Naval Air Engineering Station (NAES) Lakehurst, are located within Burlington and Ocean Counties, and have combined to form one Joint Base. The Joint Base encompasses 42,000 acres in the northern portion of the Pinelands. Learn More
	Jackson Township - Legler Landfill Ongoing monitoring activities by Jackson Township Learn More
	Robert J. Miller AirPark, Ocean County The Pinelands Preservation Alliance is strongly opposed to an Memorandum of Agreement for more development at the Robert J. Miller AirPark. In the preservation area the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan allows for a 50 percent expansion of non-conforming uses that existed prior to 1981. Ocean County should not be allowed to go beyond this clear and generous allowance. Learn More
	WalMart Toms River-Manchester Site NJ DEP issued a permit for the twice denied application to build a WalMart Supercenter in Toms River - Manchester Township's, Ocean County. Learn More
	Sewer Service Mapping of Pinelands Villages The Pinelands Preservation Alliance (PPA) has submitted comments on the proposed Future Wastewater Service Area (FWSA) maps published by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for Atlantic and Cape May Counties. These maps have been submitted by the counties as part of the ongoing planning process by the DEP to update sewer service areas to meet the requirements of the federal Clean Water Act. These maps, if adopted, will supersede all wastewater service area mapping currently contained in the WQM Plans for these counties. Learn More