Department of Environmental Protection Acting Commissioner Catherine McCabe responds to questions on water infrastructure, asset management, and lead in school drinking water during the Assembly Budget Committee’s hearing.
Archive for April, 2018
Water Infrastructure a Major Topic at Budget Hearing for DEP
Thursday, April 26th, 2018Bayonne Water Guardians, Kearny AWAKE and Harrison TIDE Champion Green Initiatives
Wednesday, April 18th, 2018New Jersey Future has been working with Municipal Action Teams in three cities to educate residents on environmental issues and to help implement green infrastructure practices that will reduce combined-sewer overflows by keeping stormwater out of sewer systems.
Opportunity Zones Take Another Step Forward
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018New Jersey’s proposal to designate 169 Census tracts as Opportunity Zones has been approved. Analysis shows they represent the kinds of places where the state would like to direct growth, and where targeted investment can catalyze economic revitalization.
How Do We Pay for New Jersey’s Aging Stormwater Infrastructure?
Wednesday, April 4th, 2018A session at the New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum examined how stormwater utilities work in other states, what their benefits are, why New Jersey may want to consider authorizing them, and where the state is in that process.
A Competition Over Placemaking
Monday, April 2nd, 2018Speakers at the New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum plenary session discussed how to capitalize on national trends affecting redevelopment, and things New Jersey can do to foster revitalization of communities of all sizes. The key, they all said, is placemaking.