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Township of Monroe News

Notice From MTUD - Hydrant Flushing

Hydrant flushing will commence on or about March 31, 2025. MTUD will begin in the southern portion of the township and proceed north.

PRESS RELEASE: Appellate Court Sides with Monroe in Legal Fight Against “Overreaching” Developer

Town Stops Overdevelopment on “Bald Eagle Property”

MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – March 10, 2025 – A state appellate court upheld the Monroe Township Zoning Board’s 2019 decision to deny a developer’s application that would have added too many housing units to a parcel on Route 33. This project was part of state-mandated “round three” affordable housing.

On March 7, the appellate court reversed the decision of a trial court, likely putting an end to a six-year battle with a developer, CT07 SPII LLC and DT07 SPII LLC, which tried to overdevelop a 48-acre site with an unacceptable amount of high-density housing. The developer can still submit a plan to build on the property, but not at the same intensive level of housing the zoning board rejected as excessive.

Mayor Dalina Outraged by Builders’ Association Affordable Housing Challenge

Vows to fight Developers seeking only to line their pockets, not advance the public good

MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – March 5, 2025 –Mayor Stephen Dalina announced today that the Township of Monroe is fighting a challenge filed by developers who want to force the construction of an unacceptable and over-burdensome number of affordable housing units in town. “The Township takes its obligation to allow for affordable housing very seriously and doesn’t need for-profit housing developers inflating that obligation for their own financial benefit,” Mayor Dalina said.

“The builders’ action here is disingenuous at best; they are not challenging towns because of their deep commitment to affordable housing,” Mayor Dalina said. “This is purely about making more money by building even more housing – whether its needed or not. After the builders leave, with money in pocket, it will be up to taxpayers to fund schools, infrastructure and all the other costs associated with having more homes in Monroe. That is unacceptable to me and the taxpayers I represent.”