Just Where in Holmdel is the Township-Owned Land?

In an effort to close a budget gap somewhere between $2.5 and $3 million, the Holmdel Township Committee is eyeing the sale of township-owned land.

Currently being discussed is a section of about a dozen acres on Cross Farm in the southern end of the township, bordering Colts Neck; and three wooded lots along Plum Lane, in the northern end, bordering Hazlet.

But that is not the only township-owned land in Holmdel. Using New Jersey State Geographic Information System data and Google Maps, resident Larry Jackel drew up a map of nearly all the township-owned parcels. (He left out schools and municipal facilities, stormwater detention basins, as well as the large Ramanessin section of Holmdel Park, which is owned by a county consortium which includes Holmdel.) Some of these parcels have deed restrictions that would limit their sale. His information sources are dated 2008.