WEDNESDAY MORNING: KEY PUBLIC HEARING WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR HOMES FOR 1,028 FAMILIES AT EAGLE RIDGE



Back in November 2019, Lakewood Township's Planning Board approved a General Development Plan for construction of 257 duplexes (514 units, 1,028 families, 2,056 cars) on the current Eagle Ridge golf course on Cross Street.


The planned project, named “The Parke," is being developed by the Augusta company and GDMS Holdings LLC.


There is a key obstacle holding up this whole project - a conservation easement along 41 acres of the site.


This Declaration of Restrictions For Tree Save and Tree Planting Areas was required by a 1997 CAFRA Permit and Freshwater Wetlands General Permit issued to Cross Street Associates as a condition of their construction of the existing Fairways development and golf course.


The developers are seeking to deal with this issue by "trading land." Their plan is to encumber 125 acres of forest areas on Block 79, Lot 41.01 in Manchester Township with a conservation restriction. In exchange, the conservation restriction on the Eagle Ridge parcel would be lifted.


The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold a public hearing on this request Wednesday morning, January 22, 2025, from 10 am to 12 noon.


The hearing will be held virtually through Microsoft Teams, Meeting ID: 237 169 623 141, Passcode: Sk2VN9KQ.


You may also dial in at 1-856-338-7074, conference ID: 778 606 893#.


The Division of Land Resource Protection invites the public to attend the virtual public hearing and present comments on the request or submit written comments postmarked within 15 days following the public hearing to:

Lindsey J. Davis, M.S.

Division of Land Resource Protection

Mail Code 501-02A

P.O. Box 420

Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420


Applicant: GDMS Holdings, LLC

NJDEP File No. 1500-04-0005.3 CRR170001


In addition to the request for release of the conservation restriction, an application for a new CAFRA Individual Permit will be submitted to the NJDEP for changes to the residential and commercial project authorized under their existing CAFRA Individual Permit and Freshwater Wetlands General Permit.


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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

The developer has a lot of nerve to make his ridiculous offer to destroy our Cross Street area’s much needed conservation easements — especially after the Committee just passed an Ordinance to permit more density and high rise buildings in the area — by offering to swap the parcel’s open space requirement onto some piece land in a totally different city!?!

How does that do any good for Lakewood’s residents??
He may as well offer to swap our scarce conservation easements with some remote forest in the amazon jungle..

I mean, it’s crazy how far this developer is willing to keep pushing his selfish agenda and screw the residents again and again..

This application should be totally rejected! The chutzpah..

Common sense said...

How does the land with trees in Manchester help Lakewood have some trees and preservation? This is disgusting. The builder agreed back then not to build on that land, as part of his approval back then, so why oh why do these lowlifes think that agreements which they made are never meant to be kept?

Lakewood is losing all of it's trees to their over development plans. We need the NJDEP to protect the Lakewood residents and allow us to have a few trees left in this town, we need trees to breath. Every inch of ground in Lakewood does not require a duplex house on top of it.

Enough already with these greedy Developers. You made enough money off the backs of the small people in this town, we all have to suffer because of you.

Stop it already!! Let us live!!!

Anonymous said...

With that many homes and two cars upstairs two cars in the basement the length of cars would be almost 14 miles
you estimate every car 18 feet like a typical parking space.
74,016 feet is approximately 14.02 miles. 
Cars would stretch longer than TD bank to freehold mall

ab said...

Why is anyone surprised that developers are greedy. After all they are in it to make money. It is the responsibility of the community to stop it. But the county can't really deny this request, as that is what the language in conservation easements allow. This project will eventually move forward, and Cross street will be worse than Rt 9. And the township has no one to blame but themselves.
On that note, why was the "commuter lot" on Swarthmore not cleared from snow, if it is so critical for this township as the mayor promised. There are exactly zero cars daily that park there. Yet we are all silent, and let the corruption continue.

Anonymous said...

Who care. Our town is already destroyed. At this point let some yidden make some money.

I will coming out to support the swap. I like the sound of land swaps.

Anonymous said...

You say that because you probably have an interest. Shame on you! Destroying quality of life of what is left in that area. Traffic already gets so backed up on Cross Street. this is corruption at it's best - swapping land in another town for developers greed is just wrong. Does not benefit the Lakewood residents. Enough money has already been made at the expense of our environment and quality of life.

Anonymous said...

It was meant to be sarcastic! "Quality of life" in Lakewood sounds oxymoronic!

Anonymous said...

Lakewood will be synonymous for a low quality bad place to live

Anonymous said...

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