MISSION:

The Hackensack Meadowlands Reclamation and Development Act (N.J.S.A. 13:17-1 et seq.), effective Jan. 13, 1969, recognized the Meadowlands of the Lower Hackensack River as “a land resource of incalculable opportunity for new jobs, homes and recreational sites.”

The Act cited “their strategic location in the heart of a vast metropolitan area with urgent needs for more space for industrial, commercial, residential, and public recreational and other uses.”

The objectives of the Act include:

• The preservation of the delicate balance of nature
• The provision of special protection from air and water pollution and a special provision for solid waste disposal;
• The orderly, comprehensive development of the Hackensack Meadowlands in order to provide more space for industrial, commercial, residential, public recreational, and other uses.