Mayor Jeff Martin announces that Hamilton Township closed on the purchase of the “Kuser Woods” property, located at 2367 Kuser Road on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
The Township intends to preserve the property as open space and will seek grant funding from the State’s Green Acres Fund and the Mercer County Open Space fund to offset the purchase cost.
This property was previously the subject of a land use application for a warehouse in 2022, which the Township’s Planning Board unanimously denied – the denial resulted in litigation. In 2023, the property was again subject to another land use application for a warehouse. The application review was postponed in the Summer to negotiate an agreement to purchase the property. The negotiations led to the announcement that both parties agreed to the purchase in October 2023.
“This location was a terrible spot for any type of warehouse facility – the residents knew it, our Planning Board knew it, and we knew it as well,” said Mayor Jeff Martin. “I’m proud that succeeded in protecting this important tract of land. As I have previously stated, preserving more land in different neighborhoods through the Township is part of our continued goal of working with property owners to preserve green space rather than see land developed.”
The acquisition of this land will expand Hamilton Township’s preserved land to about 6,000 acres, larger than the entire land acreage of the City of Trenton. For more information on Hamilton Township Open Space, visit www.HamiltonNJ.com/CED.