New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
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Former logo of New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
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| Formed | 1969, consolidated in 2015 |
| Jurisdiction | New Jersey Meadowlands |
| Headquarters | One DeKorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 |
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| Website | http://www.njsea.com |
In February 2015, the Hackensack Meadowlands Agency Consolidation Act consolidated the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission into the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.[3] The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (formerly the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission) is a regional zoning, planning and regulatory agency established by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1969. Its founding mandates are to protect the delicate balance of nature, provide for orderly development, and manage solid waste activities in the New Jersey Meadowlands District. The commission merged with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority through legislative action. The merger was made effective in February 2015.
The District is composed of 19,730 acres (79.8 km2), approximately 31 mi², of 14 municipalities in Bergen and Hudson counties. They are: Carlstadt, East Rutherford, Little Ferry, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Ridgefield, Rutherford, South Hackensack, and Teterboro in Bergen County; and Jersey City, Kearny, North Bergen, and Secaucus in Hudson County.
The Meadowlands District stretches mainly along the delta of the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers as they flow into Newark Bay; tributaries of the Hackensack include Berrys Creek and Overpeck Creek. The District is bordered by U.S. Route 46 on the north, Routes U.S. Route 1/9 (Tonnelle Avenue) and the freight rail line owned by Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation Corp. (the former Conrail main line) on the east, the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) commuter rail lines and Pulaski Skyway on the south, and Route 17, the Pascack Valley Line, and the Kingsland rail line on the west.
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