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Applicant:  County of Ocean

Park Name:  Future County Park

Park Location:

3623 Ridgeway Road, Manchester Township, Ocean County

Block 71, Lots 1.01 and 6.01; Block 71.02, Lot 159.02; Block 72, Lot 4

Proposed Action: 

Ocean County proposes to construct a new County park on a 260-acre parcel formerly owned by Manchester Township. This Green Acres encumbered property was conveyed by Manchester Township to Ocean County in 2019.  However, because the Township did not conduct a public hearing under the administrative transfer process at N.J.A.C. 7:36-25.5 at the time of the conveyance, the County is now seeking public comment on the administrative transfer to bring the conveyance into conformance with N.J.A.C. 7:36-25.5.

The proposed County park will occupy 33 acres of the property.  The property is currently undeveloped.  Proposed amenities include athletic fields and courts, picnic pavilions, a spray park, playgrounds, hiking trails, a comfort station, a maintenance yard, and associated parking.

A schematic of the proposed park may be found here.

A County press release about the park project may be found here.

As indicated in the public hearing notice linked above, public comment will also be accepted on the conversion of the property to developed parkland under the “change in use” process at N.J.A.C. 7:36-25.6.

Hearing Date/Time:  Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Hearing Location: 

Ocean County Library (Manchester Branch)
21 Colonial Drive
Manchester Township, New Jersey 08759

Public Comments Accepted Through:  Thursday, September 22, 2022

Please click the link above for the full Public Hearing Notice, including addresses where written comments should be sent.