Landfills To Golf Links: Meadowlands Golf Project Tees Off
New Jersey has plans to turn more than 700 acres of landfills and contaminated land into a golf village in the Meadowlands District. The Meadowlands Golf Redevelopment Project will be one of the largest brownfields-to-greenfields projects in the country, state and local officials say.
The landfills being redeveloped stretch across the lowland portions of Rutherford, Lyndhurst, and a small part of North Arlington. Remediation of the landfills will result in cleaner water in the Hackensack River and Newark Bay Complex and will help the Meadowlands Commission’s ongoing efforts to preserve the environmental integrity of this district.
New Jersey’s Economic Development Authority (EDA) provided $150 million in tax exempt bond financing for the remediation.
“The $150 million in tax exempt bond financing provided through the EDA will enable EnCap to move ahead with the remediation of the site,” said Caren Franzini, EDA chief executive officer. “Overall, the project is a vital piece to the regional economy as it will result in hundreds of new permanent and construction jobs, provide new recreational, commercial and residential uses, and reclamation of brownfield properties.”
Provided by the Environmental News Service.