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Hillsborough moving forward on Route 206 bypass project
By PAMELA SROKA
Staff Writer
HILLSBOROUGH -- Mayor Carl Suraci has requested a meeting with the state's transportation commissioner to move the next phase of the Route 206 project forward.
Funding has yet to be received for the 4.3-mile bypass, which has been approved by the state. The bypass would reroute traffic on the present stretch of Route 206 south of Somerville Road to a new highway to the east. The bypass would relieve traffic on the present Route 206 and open up industrial development in the eastern part of the township.
The township's Master Plan, adopted by the Planning Board in October, calls for the present stretch of Route 206 from Somerville Road south to just north of Raider Boulevard to be transformed into a Main Street that would serve as Hillsborough's town center.
The town center would function as the township's downtown, with sidewalks, green spaces and parking behind the retail establishments, Township Planner Robert Ringelheim has said. Planners envision the district as a compact, walkable area dotted with shops with parking behind buildings.
The Master Plan also advocates the completion of the Route 206 widening between Brown Avenue and Somerville Road and construction of the bypass.
In a recent letter to state Acting Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri, Suraci said, "Hillsborough Township is most anxious to see the Route 206 bypass move off the planning charts and into construction as soon as possible."
He noted township homeowners carry 85 percent of the property tax load. The bypass will attract commercial development to the new town center and corporate development zones. That Suraci said, will shift some of the property tax burden off homeowners, Suraci said.
Suraci said the letter was written to "drive the point" that the long-awaited Route 206 bypass is important.
"It is important to our local businesses, to our smart growth plans and to Hillsborough's plan to develop more commercial property to help lighten the property tax load on homeowners," Suraci said during Tuesday's Township Committee meeting. "All of us in Hillsborough want to see the 206 bypass come off the planning charts and become a real construction project sooner, rather than later."
Hillsborough moving forward on Route 206 bypass project
By PAMELA SROKA
Staff Writer
HILLSBOROUGH -- Mayor Carl Suraci has requested a meeting with the state's transportation commissioner to move the next phase of the Route 206 project forward.
Funding has yet to be received for the 4.3-mile bypass, which has been approved by the state. The bypass would reroute traffic on the present stretch of Route 206 south of Somerville Road to a new highway to the east. The bypass would relieve traffic on the present Route 206 and open up industrial development in the eastern part of the township.
The township's Master Plan, adopted by the Planning Board in October, calls for the present stretch of Route 206 from Somerville Road south to just north of Raider Boulevard to be transformed into a Main Street that would serve as Hillsborough's town center.
The town center would function as the township's downtown, with sidewalks, green spaces and parking behind the retail establishments, Township Planner Robert Ringelheim has said. Planners envision the district as a compact, walkable area dotted with shops with parking behind buildings.
The Master Plan also advocates the completion of the Route 206 widening between Brown Avenue and Somerville Road and construction of the bypass.
In a recent letter to state Acting Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri, Suraci said, "Hillsborough Township is most anxious to see the Route 206 bypass move off the planning charts and into construction as soon as possible."
He noted township homeowners carry 85 percent of the property tax load. The bypass will attract commercial development to the new town center and corporate development zones. That Suraci said, will shift some of the property tax burden off homeowners, Suraci said.
Suraci said the letter was written to "drive the point" that the long-awaited Route 206 bypass is important.
"It is important to our local businesses, to our smart growth plans and to Hillsborough's plan to develop more commercial property to help lighten the property tax load on homeowners," Suraci said during Tuesday's Township Committee meeting. "All of us in Hillsborough want to see the 206 bypass come off the planning charts and become a real construction project sooner, rather than later."
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