For Immediate
Release:
August 30, 2022
Division
of Planning releases new compatibility study
This
study is a follow-up to the 2017 NWS Earle Joint Land Use report
FREEHOLD, NJ – The Monmouth County Division of Planning
has released the Next
Steps to Compatibility Planning Study which includes land use and zoning
strategies to guide land use decisions that may affect Naval Weapons Station Earle
(NWS Earle) and the surrounding towns.
“This study, which is a follow-up to the 2017
Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Earle Joint Land Use Study, is important to
long-term success in regard to land use laws and zoning policies and
regulations that will help protect NWS Earle, as well as the public’s health,
safety and welfare,” said Commissioner Director Thomas A. Arnone. “The study
team worked with representatives from the five municipalities that are
immediately adjacent to NWS Earle: Colts Neck, Howell, Middletown, Tinton
Falls, and Wall for the best possible outcome.”
“Since 1943, NWS Earle's mission has been to provide
ordnance for all Atlantic Fleet Carrier and Expeditionary Strike Groups and
support strategic Department of Defense ordnance requirements. It is the largest weapons station on the East
Coast and supplied most of the ammunition for the Normandy Invasion as well as
90 percent of all ammunition used for Operation Desert Storm,” said
Commissioner Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the Division of Planning. “The
facility also encompasses a total of 11,851 acres in three major land parcels,
a 17-mile Normandy Road/Rail Ammunition Transportation Corridor, and a
2.9-mile-long Pier Complex in Raritan/Sandy Hook Bay.”
The study was funded, in part, by a $125,000 grant
from the Department of Defense’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation.
To read the report, go to www.visitmonmouth.com.
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