Acting New Jersey Governor Suspends Fast-Track Permits

21 July 2005 - 1:00pm

Conservationists applauded the measure, but some business groups are worried that it may stop growth.

"Three days before the July 15 expiration of a seven-month moratorium on the so-called 'fast-track' project-permitting process in designated growth areas -- a measure divisive even for Democrats and their environmental allies, without prospects for a wide compromise on its improvement -- Acting Democratic Governor Richard J. Codey issued an executive order suspending the law indefinitely..."

Source: Smart Growth Online, July 13, 2005
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