Traffic, School Impact To Be Discussed At Next Quarry Meeting

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Traffic and impact to schools related to the proposed quarry project will be discussed at the next Bernards Township Committee meeting.

The meeting will be held on Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Warren Craft Meeting Room at the Bernards Township Municipal Building, 1 Collyer Lane, Basking Ridge.

This is the last meeting of the year that the Quarry Redevelopment project will be discussed. This meeting will be televised and video streamed.

Many residents have voiced opposition and concerns over the plan causing the township committee to move the Nov. 28 meeting to the Ridge PAC due to the number of attending residents.

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However, due to the cost associated with moving the meeting, the Dec. 12 meeting will be moved back to town hall.

The Dec. 26 committee meeting is the last regularly scheduled meeting of the year and the Quarry Redevelopment will not be discussed.

The proposed plan for the Millington Quarry property off Stone house Road call for the area to be divided into four districts — Agritourism and Recreation District, Cottage Residential District, Mixed Residential District and Mixed Use District.

The Agritourism and Recreation District would include an organic farm and trails along with a 15,000-square-foot restaurant overlooking the lake.

The Cottage Residential District will include 28 units of townhouses and 47 single-family detached dwellings.

The Mixed Residential District will include 30 units of flats and 45 units of townhouses.

Lastly, the Mixed Use District will include a hotel/rental suite that will have between 100 to 250 sleeping rooms/suites, 60,000 square feet of office space, 140,000 square feet of retail space, 50 units of apartments and 35 units of affordable apartments.

Additionally, along the lake's water edge there is a proposed boardwalk with amphitheater for the public to use for community events.

The Annual Reorganization Meeting will be held on Jan. 2 where the Quarry Redevelopment will not be discussed. The Annual Meeting schedule for 2018 will be adopted at the Reorganization Meeting after which time further review of Quarry Redevelopment will be scheduled.

(Image , video via Shopoff Realty Investments April 11, 2017 presentation including an aerial video of the Milington Quarry property in Bernards Township.)

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