By Jennifer Kohlhepp, Managing Editor
The Cranbury Housing Authority (CHA) will develop 32 new affordable housing units on the 40-acre site along Route 130 historically known as 130D.
The Planning Board approved the project with two options for a water and sewer easement. The Cranbury Walk Housing Association, a neighbor of the property, has objected to one of the options, which is selling or providing an easement on its property for a water and sewer connection. The second option would require an easement going down to Ryan Road.
“Near the end of the first meeting the (housing) association, represented by an attorney, talked with the CHA and said there may be an agreement,” Township Committeewoman Susan Goetz, who is also on the Planning Board, said. “When we met again, we gave preliminary and final approval to the project with both options.”
The project, which did not require any variances, will be located near the Cranbury Walk and Cranbury Estates developments and would offer very low-, low- and moderate-income rental housing. There would be four very low-income units, 12 low-income units and 16 moderate-income units.
Very low income means a maximum income of $22,000 for a single person and $31,500 for a family of four. Low income means a maximum income of $37,000 for a single person and $52,500 for a family of four. Moderate income means a maximum income of $59,000 for a single person and $84,000 for a family of four.
The new development would provide a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units in four buildings that are two stories high. There would be 64 parking spaces and two dumpsters.
The project would have a circular driveway with access to Route 130, an emergency access route and a pedestrian link to Ryan Road that would allow residents to walk downtown, to the school and the library. The development would not have a playground, just open spaces.
