Incentivizing Anti-sprawl
24 October 2002 - 5:00am
New Jersey's Governor wants to control sprawling by directing state money into roads, schools, water and sewer projects in older communities.
"'We must stop subsidizing sprawl. We must focus on redevelopment,'... McGreevey plans to sign an executive order today asking the state Department of Environmental Protection to comb through its regulations to make sure it is not abetting the loss of about 18,000 acres a year to development."
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McGreevey: Stem sprawl with incentives
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 23, 2002
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