Current Topics & Projects

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Road Closures and Advisories

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• Bear Tavern Road Bridge Meeting June  24, 2009 - Video
  
  ATTENTION: Release and Detour Map Concerning Jacobs Creek Bridge Closing
  
  Bear Tavern Bridge Closed - Letter from Engineer
  
  

  • Ordinance 2010-2

  • Letter from County Executive Brian M. Hughes on Jacobs Creek Bridge - August 13, 2010
  • James Simpson Letter to Aaron Watson - June 25, 2010
  • Greg Sandusky Letter to Daniel Saunders- July 15, 2010
  • Daniel Saunders Letter to Greg Sandusky- June 22, 2010
  • Brian Hughes Letter to Amy Cradic- May 7, 2010
  • Brian Hughes Letter - May 3, 2010
  • A Resolution Endorsing Alternate 3b In The 2004 Bear Tavern
    Bridge Task Force Recommendations As The Design Basis For The Jacobs Creek Bridge
  • Letter to Mayor - Apr. 26, 2010
  • Greg Sandusky Letter - Apr. 13, 2010
  • Brian Hughes Letter - Apr. 7, 2010
  • Jacobs Creek Bridge - Archeological Study - Mar. 3, 2010
  • Letter to Mayor - Oct. 26, 2009
  • Letter to County Engineer - Oct. 27, 2009
  • DOT Letter on Bridge Weight Restrictions - Oct. 23 2009
  • Bear Tavern Bridge - Mercer County Resolution
  • Jacobs Creek Bridge letter to Brian Hughes from Ron Emrich, October 9, 2009
  • Jacobs Creek Bridge Letter to Crossroads of the American Revolution Association
  • Jacobs Creek Bridge Letter from Crossroads of the American Revolution Association
  • Jacobs Creek Bridge Letter to Brian Hughes - From Historic Preservation Commission - Sept. 27, 2009
  • Jacobs Creek Bridge Letter to Brian Hughes - From Historic Preservation Commission - Sept. 30, 2009
  • Traffic Enforcement Questions
  • Jacobs Creek Bridge Chronology
  • Bear-Tavern-Speed-Survey-Summary-Chart-for-CR-579
  • Accident History in Vicinity of Bridge
  • County Letter Advising of Selected Alternative
  • State Historic Preservation Office Approval to Remove Bridge
  • Task Force Powerpoint Recommendations
  • Township Conditional Approval
  • Schematic Plans (3 pages)
  • County Alternatives Analysis
  • Bear Tavern Traffic Control Resolution
  • Fabrow Dr. Turn Prohibition Ordinance
  • Harbourton Historic District Resolution
  • Speed Studies
  • Proposed Traffic Calming
  • Existing Signage
  • Distances
  • Hopewell Valley News Articles
  • Trenton Times News Articles
  • HPC Minutes February 21, 2001

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Affordable Housing
- Housing Plan
- The Hopewell Township Affordable Housing Challenge
- Letter from COAH Accepting Twp Petition
- Notice of Petition for Substantive Certification

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Clean Energy Program Energy Audits of Municipal Facilities (Final Reports)
- LGEA16 - Union Fire and Rescue Squad Hopewell Township Energy Report HT
- LGEA16 - Public Works Garage Hopewell Township Energy Report HT
- LGEA16 - Princeton Farms PS Hopewell Township Energy Report HT
- LGEA16 - Brandon Farms PS Hopewell Township Energy Report HT
- LGEA16 - Muni Bldg, Police Hopewell Township Energy Report HT
- LGEA16 - Muni Athletic Complex and Snack Bar Hopewell Township Energy Report HT

 

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Environmental Commission
- Community Forestry Management Plan
- Community Forestry Management Plan Approval Letter
- Community Forestry Management Plan Approval Certificate

- Woodlands of Hopewell Valley, Report  May 1990

 

Environmental Resource Inventory

- Environmental Resource Inventory (no maps) (16MB)
- Enviironmental Resource Inventory (with maps) (116MB)

Maps for Environmental Resource Inventory

1	Base
2	Aerial
3	LULC
4	Surf Topo
5	Slopes
6	Soils
7	Ag Soils
8	Watersheds
9	Surf Water
10	Flood
11	Water Qual
12	Imp Surf
13	Aquifers
14	Nat Veg
15	Landscape
16	BLOS
17	Hist Resources
18	Wells
19	SSA
20	POS
20a	POS With Parcels
21	KCS

 

 

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Harbourton Historic District
- Harbourton Traffic Calming Plan  

 

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Hopewell Valley Deer Management Task Force
- Gardening in Spite of Deer  
- Video of May 24, 2010 Task Force Report
- Tell Us About The Deer In Your Neighborhood  
- Reported Lyme Disease Cases in the Hopewell Valley
- Hopewell Valley Deer Population Estimate “Distance Sampling Method Map
- Counting Our Deer 5/6/10
- Is There A Deer Problem In Hopewell Valley
- Meeting Dates - April 28, 2010 and May 26, 2010
- Deer Management Task Force Members
- Picture of Task Force Members
- Center for Disease Control information on lyme disease 
- NJ Dept of Health and Senior Services information on lyme disease
- It’s the Start of Tick Season - 4/14/10

Meeting Notes

November 12, 2009
January 20, 2010
February 24, 2010
March 24, 2010
April 28, 2010
August 11, 2010

 

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Hopewell Valley Green Futures Task Force
- Open House Notice - April 17th
- Green Futures Task Force Members

 

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Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters
- Educational Forum On Affordable Housing
- COAH Economics

 

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Hopewell Valley Vineyards
- Right to Farm Hearing - Hopewell Valley Vineyards

 

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Groundwater/Stream Monitoring

Click on photo for the Environmental Commission

• Water levels for wells for water year 2008 may be found at:

  http://wdr.water.usgs.gov/wy2008/search.jsp  
  (Type in “NJ” then” Mercer County”  -  Wells are known as “Alliger, Gomez, and Scotch”)
  
  Establishment of an Enhanced Long-term Groundwater and Stream Flow Monitoring System in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
  
  Appendix  I - Project Financial Statement
  

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Historic Property Designations
- Enos Titus Farmstead
- Harbourton_Blacksmith's_House
- Marshall's_Corner_Schoolhouse
- Runyon-Titus_Barn
- Titusville_Store

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Historic Preservation Commission
Members participated in the New Jersey State History Fair on May 2nd 2009 at Washington Crossing State Park. The group distributed their award winning “Design Guidelines” and had an attention grabbing, interactive “beam hewing and sawing” demonstration. Click below for pictures. - Fair Booth
- Fair Booth Display Items
- Re-sawing a Beam
- Beam Hewing

20 HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PROPERTY OWNERS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FROM HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

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Honey Lake/Hunt Lake
- Meeting Minutes - October 23, 2008
- Public Scoping Meeting - March 24, 2010
- WZBN-TV25 News Report - March 10, 2010

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Mt. Rose

- Mt. Rose Road Intersection
- PSE&G UTILITY CONSTRUCTION

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Old Mill Road
- Construction Plan
- Culvert Details
- Old Mill Road - Newspaper Article
- Intersections Map
- Summary Report Hopewell Valley Traffic Management Coalition - Vol. 1 (13 MB)
- Old Mill Road - Letter - Nov. 18, 2009

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Pennytown/Kooltronic Redevelopment Zone

Pennytown Acquisition Information
- Penytown Information Sheet
- Self-Contained Appraisal Report of Pennytown
- Block 33 Lot 1.02 Appraisal
- Block 33 Lot 1.03 Appraisal
- Independent Appraisal (large file 9MB)
- Frequently Asked Questions

Task Force Information
- Pennytown Final Report August 17, 2009 (13MB)
- Image 1
- Image 2
- Image 3
- Image 4
- Image 5
- Pennytown Topo Parcel Map  
- Pennytown Without Topo Parcel Map  
- Resolution 09-295  

 

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Princeton Farms/Hopewell Hunt Sewers

Princeton Farms/Hopewell Hunt Sewers

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Route 31 Pennington Circle

Route 31 Pennington Circle Improvements NJDOT Presentation
Hopewell Township Committee Meeting - Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:00 pm

Route 31 Pennington Circle

Route 31 Pennington Circle Improvements NJDOT Presentation

 

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Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement

Scudder Falls Bridge Replacement

Scudder Falls Bridge Improvement Project Web Site

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Senior Center

Senior Center Presenation - Opportunities for a New Hopewell Valley
Oct 14, 2009

Senior Center Final Report Sept. 22, 2009

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Twin Pines Athletic Facility
- Twin Pines Athletic Facility
- Third Revision Twin Pines Recreation
         (PDF-16MB, and Interactive map)

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Washington Crossing Park Cabin

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Washington Crossing Bridge

Washington Crossing Bridge - Engineering Letter March 12, 2010

 

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Wastewater Management Planning

- WMP Map6
- EO109 Figure1
- EO109 Figure2
- EO109 Figure3
- EO109 Figure4
- Pennington_WMP EO109 FINAL REPORT
- Pennington_WMP FINAL REPORT
- WMP Map5B
- WMP Map1
- WMP Map2
- WMP Map3
- WMP Map4
- WMP Map5A

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Woolsey Brook Bridge
-Woolsey Brook Bridge Meeting - February 16, 2010