PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the County of Union has filed a request with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection proposing to divert 0.27 acres of easements and dispose of 0.02 acres of fee simple from land in Rahway River Parkway (Block 406/Lot 20, Block 2508/Lot 4, Block 3617/Lot 1, Block 908/Lot 16) to the NJ Dept. of Transportation, in connection with the Morris Avenue (Route 82) Bridge replacement over Rahway River. As compensation for the proposed diversion/disposal, Union County proposes monetary compensation.
Pursuant to NJAC 7:36-26.6(c), a hearing to obtain public comment on this request will be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 6:00PM at the Springfield Municipal Building, 100 Mountain Ave., Springfield, NJ.
All information submitted by the County to the Department in support of the proposed diversion is available for public review at the Clerk’s Office of the Township of Springfield, 100 Mountain Ave., Springfield, NJ; and the Springfield Public Library, 66 Mountain Ave., Springfield, NJ; or the Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration, Public Land Compliance Section, 401 E. State St., 7th Floor, Mail code 401-07, P.O. Box 420 Trenton, NJ 08625-0420, (609) 940-4400.
Written comment on the proposed diversion may be directed to the County of Union, County Counsel’s Office, Administration Building, 10 Elizabethtown Plaza, Elizabeth, NJ 07207, Attn: Kevin Campbell, Esq., (908) 527-4250. Please send a copy of any comments submitted on this request to the Department of Environmental Protection at the address above or by email to PublicLandCompliance@dep.nj.gov. Please include “SHC2000026” in the subject line of any comments emailed to the Department.
Public comment on this request will be accepted during the public hearing or until December 14, 2025.