New Jersey's War On Sprawl: Historic Bill Approved

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: William Honachefsky, Jr.

11 June 2004 - 2:00pm

In a sweeping act NJ Legislature approves a bill to preserve the northern Highlands and protect the water supply for half the state.

New Jersey has been waiting for decades for this day, Local and state officials along with members of the public have sought protection for the Highlands for years, and today, this administration and this Legislature got it done.

Full Story: Bill to protect the Highlands wins approval

Source: The Star-Ledger, June 10, 2004

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For the past half century we have been building communities for the wrong reasons. We built them to sell cars. This created all sorts of problems.

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Read the full article, written by Tim Halbur.