Land Preservation Deal Finalized

By Judy Smestad-Nunn

BRICK - The preservation of the Breton Woods property as open space is a done deal since the governing body passed a $1.8 million bond ordinance, on its final reading, to finance the township’s portion of the 31.6 acre site.

The site was owned by Visitation Roman Catholic Church and the diocese of Trenton and was under contract with Texas-based builder D.R Horton, who planned to build a housing development there.

Large crowds of res- idents - who opposed the plan and wanted to keep the parcel as open space - attended multiple Planning Board hearings.

In January, an $8.55 million deal was struck between the Ocean County Natural Lands Trust Fund Advisory

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