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Landfill Site Use For Park Planned

SWAINTON-The County Municipal Utilities Authority toidk steps recently to insure that plans are developed for the recreational reuse of the 254-acre site the, MU A will pse for the new countywide landfill on the Woodbine Upper Township border. The commissioners. authorized the MU A sUif to proceed with an application for a 114,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental protection to psy 50 percent of the cost of developing plans for the reuse of the site when it is. no longer utilized as a landfill. The plans will also include the early use of 150 acres of buffer zone surrounding the actual landfill

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"THIS IS an important step which we feel. we must take," said Theodore F. O'Neill, Solid Waste Manager tdr the MUA. "This grant will allow us to look in a very practical way at the needs and requirements of the municipalities in the im-

mediate area.

"With these funds', we will be able to identify the use. of this land which will best benefit our northern communities. Our earlier studies have shown us that potentials exist at this tfite for such open space activities as a nature center, riding stable and trails, a small fishing lake, a small* museum and a community O'NEILL SAID if. the grant is rdcelWd, representatives of oach neighboring community will be asked to serve on a citizens' design review committee which will make recommendations to the MUA project team. The committee will also review and advise the MUA and the county on carrying out any plans presented by the

consultants.

"We have already met with the various county agenjpies involved, including the Parks Commission,” said MUA Executive Director George Marinakis. "They have indicated their Interest in

having -a' park located m the upper protion of the county. The landfill site would, of course, be* an ideal loction for this park." HE 'STRESSED the importance of planning for the future of the site now. 'Although the landfill will be operational for a number of years, it is important that plans be made in advance. As each eightacre cell of landfill is developed, it must be ’designed and carried out Avith an eye toward its ultimate reuse as part of a' ^ larger community facili- ' ty,” O’Neall said. THE SOLID Waste Manager said the MUA wants to be a "good neighbor" to the communities closest to the

landfill site.

"That’s why we want the nearby municipalities involved in planning for the multiple use and long range reuse of this land," O’Neill said. "I think this ■ sanitary landfill will be more acceptable to its neighboring communities if the residents are aware they are getting more than

a dump."

According to O’Neill, the county’s portion of the matching grant would be fulfill- . ed by in-kind staff services by the MUA and other county agencies such as the County Planning Board and Parks Commission An

interagency advisory committee including the Planning and Parks Depart-

menti, Cooperative Exten the Pinelands Commission sion Service, Soil Conker will also be created to help ' vation Service. DEP and carry out the project

Bill Advances In Senate

TRENTON - Legislation sponsored by Sen. James R. Hurley, R-Capc ''ayr^umberland, to fcj^te mopeds, including requiring operators to wear helmets and goggles, was released from a Senate Committee recently. . In addition (o requiring operators to wear protective eye and headgear, it provides for the annual registration of all mopeds* The bill was released from the Senate Law, Public Safety and Defense Committee by a 5-0,vote. "Mopeds are not toys and should be regulated," Hurley said. Hurley said the most important ingredient in the bill is the requirement that moped operators wear safety equipment.

The Republican Senator said that annual registra tjon of mopeds would makd it easier for police to find stolen mopeds and would reduce the number of youths driving around on motorized bicycles that go faster than 25 miles an hour and are really motorcycles. The bill provides for an initial registration fee of $8. Subsequent registrations would cost $5. Viojators of any of these regulations would face a fine of up to $100.

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