2 Warehouses Proposed On Route 22 In Bridgewater, Public Hearing Set For Tuesday

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Locals and Somerville officials will be gathering at the public hearing on Tuesday night to hear an application proposing to tear down four three-story buildings off Route 22 and replace them with two warehouses.

The application by Signature Acquisitions, LLC for work on Block 206 Lot 3 off Route 22 at the Center Pointe Office Building will be heard on Jan. 31 at the Bridgewater Township Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Courtroom at 100 Commons Way.

How to attend the meeting:

Meetings are held in person, with the ability to livestream via RingCentral.com. Members of the public will be able to see and hear the meeting but will have no ability to interact or provide testimony.

1. Download RingCentral meetings on preferred device: https://www.ringcentral.com/ap...
2. At the advertised start time of the meeting, enter: https://webinar.ringcentral.co... into your browser. *This method allows listening only.
3. Locals may also listen via telephone: Dial + 1(773)231-9226, Webinar ID: 146 301 2625

Application:

The preliminary site plan with variances application is looking to tear down four three-story buildings.

The applicant is then looking to build two warehouse buildings, one with a net floor area of 142,000 square feet and one with a net floor area of 138,000 square feet.

Two driveways are proposed along Route 22, and one driveway is proposed along Jackson Street. A total of 284 parking spaces are proposed. Multiple variances are being sought.

To see the documents for this application click here.

Somerville Mayor Dennis Sullivan is urging residents to attend the Bridgewater public hearing.

While Somerville passed an ordinance in July banning trucks weighing over four tons from Gaston Avenue from Route 28 to Route 22 and on nearby side streets (including Grove, Gaston, North Bridge and Davenport streets) from Main Street to Route 22, warehouse-affiliated trucks may have to use the county’s Main Street or banned side streets to travel to and from the proposed warehouse site, Sullivan said during a Jan. 17 borough council meeting.

"We’ve taken some steps at this table to restrict truck traffic on the north-south streets that connect Route 22 with our main street. It’s still a mystery to me … as to how trucks will access that side coming from the Newark area, which is where the main port is," Sullivan said. "It's going to be interesting how they propose to get trucks on eastbound Route 22, without going on Gaston Avenue, without going up Bridge Street." Read More: Truck Traffic To Be Probed At Bridgewater Warehouse Hearing

Somerville officials are set to be present at the public hearing on Jan. 31 before Bridgewater’s Zoning Board of Adjustment, though Sullivan also invited residents to voice their opinions at the public meeting.

This application is one of three warehouse proposals in Bridgewater. Read More: 3 Warehouse Applications To Be Heard In Bridgewater In Next 3 Months

— Additional reporting by Nicole Rosenthal