For context: Please review my prior article published on April 10, 2019. The link is here:
LawrenceTownshipNJManagerKPN: The "Pit Stop" site aka "Our Zombie Property Front and Center"
In what has been a more than 4-year process, we have finally received confirmation that the demolition of the Pit Stop building (located at 1175 Lawrence Road) has been scheduled for the week of July 12, 2021! Funded by a grant received from the NJDEP "HDSRF" Program, the demolition of the building is a fortunate necessity to allow for the continued environmental testing of the site (i.e., the soil under the footprint of the building) for contamination detection and remediation work.
As I discussed in my 2019 article, the goal of this complicated process will result in the site being cleaned, the owner conveying the property to the Township for $1, and the Township creating a passive park for residents to enjoy and feel a better sense of community pride as they drive by this prominent location along Lawrence Road.
This process has provided us with the blueprint to "attack" another long contaminated lot along Brunswick Avenue where Craft Cleaners used to operate and to clean it and return it to the community for the continued redevelopment of that section of our town. Stay tuned on that one....
2 comments:
So glad to hear this news! Especially happy to hear that the former Craft Cleaners property will be dealt with! This has been a long process! This area of the township is looking better with the revival of the shopping center, the round about and the improvements to Colonial Lake. Slow and steady wins the race! Thank you for your efforts!
This is wonderful! It would be awesome if it could become a splash park for the kids in summer. Something we don’t have locally.
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