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Just two years ago, we were at the middle of a massive fight between Gov. Murphy and George Norcross over tax incentives.
It got to the point where Norcross was making threats about Murphy facing a primary opponent.
Climate change is reshaping N.J. See the state’s new plan to adapt.
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For years, houses have been disappearing from the Watson-Crampton section of Woodbridge one of the most frequently flooded neighborhoods in the New Jersey.
No, the homes haven’t been washed away. They’ve been purchased by the state, as the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Blue Acres program works to buy out flood-prone properties, demolish the houses and turns the land into an open space barrier to keep future stormwaters at bay.
More than 160 homes in Woodbridge, in this neighborhood and four others, have been bought out, torn down and are now slowly converting into parkland. Across the state, 759 such buyouts have been completed in 19 municipalities through the Blue Acres program was launched in 2013.