Notice of Green Acres Public Hearing

Route 4 Bridge over Palisade Avenue and CSX, Bridge Replacement

Minor Diversions/Disposals on: Block 902/Lot 1, Block 903/Lot 1, Block 4701/Lot 1, Block 4704/Lot 1, Block 2701/Lot 1, Block 2210/Lot 5, Block 2211/Lot 1

Township of Teaneck, Bergen County, NJ

This notice is to provide you with written notification that Teaneck Township (Applicant), located at 818 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666, will hold a public hearing to obtain comments regarding its proposal to the NJDEP Green Acres Program, for the proposed diversions/disposals of parkland (0.10 acres of permanent easements and 0.23 acres of fee takes) including Gaylord Park, Windsor Park, and Milton Votee Park owned by Teaneck Township. The public hearing will be held at the Richard Rodda Community Center on July 30, 2024 at 6 PM. All interested parties are invited to attend and participate in the public hearing. In addition to oral comments presented during the hearing, written comments may be submitted to the agencies listed below. All written comments must be received within two weeks following the hearing by August 15, 2024.

The proposed parkland diversions/disposals would involve minor easements and fee takes on seven properties along Route 4 to accommodate the improvements to the Route 4 roadway, bridge replacement, subsurface drainage basin, and acceleration/deceleration lanes near Belle Avenue.

All written comments should be submitted to Teaneck Township, with copy to the NJDEP, at the following addresses:

Teaneck Township

818 Teaneck Road

Teaneck, NJ 07666

Attn: Dean Kazinci, Township Manager

admin@teanecknj.gov

publiclandcompliance@dep.nj.gov

or mail copy to:

NJ Department of Environmental Protection

Office of Transactions and Public Land Administration

Public Land Compliance Section

401 East State Street, 7th Floor

Mail Code 401-07, P.O. Box 420 

Trenton, NJ 08625-0420

Attn: Bergen County Steward