CARTERET—Mayor Daniel Reiman joined with Councilwoman Susan Naples this week to announce that the borough has qualified for $1.6 million in New Jersey DEP funds for environmental work performed at the Carteret Waterfront Park. An additional $73,000 in N.J. D.E.P. funding was already awarded for the remediation of 35 Cooke Avenue.
In June, redevelopment areas in Carteret were designated with the coveted “BDA” title by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. “BDA” stands for Brownfield Development Area and authorizes up to $25 million in addition state grants to cover the costs associated with cleanup and remediation along the Carteret Waterfront. The $1.6 million to be recovered by the borough will go towards funding of the marina cove and wetlands remediation which will ultimately make way for a 250 slip marina and waterfront village of shops, promenades and townhomes.
In addition “35 Cooke,” now officially designated a redevelopment area by the Carteret Redevelopment Agency, was previously owned by the Dashmesh Dunbar, who purchased it in 2000 intending to construct a temple. The project was never completed, and an abandoned girder structure remained on the property for several years until the borough condemned it in 2007.
