Flooding

HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY -- After last evening’s forum, Christopher Campos today repeated his call to the Hoboken City Council to submit the recently released Hoboken Southwest Parks Coalition plan, SW6: A Greener, Greater Hoboken, to city planners to take under advisement and for incorporation into the next version of the Southwest Redevelopment plan to be submitted to the Council.

BODINE: PARTISANSHIP & POLITICAL IDEOLOGY WON'T FIX STATE'S FLOOD PROBLEMS

Legislative Panel Looks for Better Ways to Help Communities Address Flooding

(EVESHAM) - Assemblyman Francis Bodine today proclaimed the first meeting of the Assembly Statewide Flooding Legislative Panel a success and reiterated his commitment to work on a bipartisan basis to find ways to mitigate future flooding in the state.

BODINE APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF ASSEMBLY FLOOD PANEL
Assemblyman Sought New Legislative Panel To Promote Shared Understanding
Of Flood-Related Problems

(MOORESTOWN) -- Assemblyman Fran Bodine has been appointed chairman of a new legislative task force created to assess the shared lessons of major river and stream flooding across New Jersey and identify potential long-term remedies that could mitigate future flooding problems in the state.

BILL TO KEEP OPEN-SPACE PRESERVATION PROGRAM RUNNING CLEARS ASSEMBLY BUDGET COMMITTEE

(TRENTON) - New Jersey voters would have the opportunity this November to approve a $200 million plan to preserve open space through 2010 under legislation released today by the Assembly Budget Committee.

FISHER/McKEON SEEK TO REPLENISH FLOOD-PRONE PROPERTY BUYOUT FUND

Assemblymen Team with Environmentalists, Flood Victim to Underscore Importance Of Renewing Garden State Preservation Trust

(FAIRFIELD) - Teaming with leading environmentalists and a Fairfield woman whose home was flooded by last month's record-setting nor'easter, Assemblymen Douglas H. Fisher and John F. McKeon today called for renewal of a state land preservation fund, a portion of which would be used to finance voluntary acquisitions of flood-prone properties across the state.

BODINE SECURES DEP SITE VISIT OF FLOOD-RAVAGED BURLINGTON COMMUNITIES

Assemblyman Seeking to Foster Resolution on Stream Cleanup Efforts

(MOORESTOWN) - In an effort to foster better dialogue between local officials and state environmental regulators on flooding issues, Assemblyman Francis L. Bodine today announced he has received assurances from state Commissioner of Environmental Protection Lisa P. Jackson that she will make a site visit to flood-ravaged Burlington County.

BODINE: TASK FORCE NEEDED TO EXAMINE RECENT STATEWIDE FLOODING

(MOORSETOWN) -Assemblyman Fran Bodine today called for the creation of a legislative panel specifically assigned to identify the lessons from the floods caused by this week's nor'easter and potential long term remedies to mitigate future flood problems.