Inching Toward a Resolution On the Highlands

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The continuing saga of the Highlands entered a new chapter this month with the approval by the Highlands Council of the long- awaited regional master plan. It would be nice to say after four years and a long road of good intentions there is a document worth celebrating.

But hardly anyone is happy with it. Predictably, environmentalists say it doesn't go far enough to protect the invaluable watershed that serves 5 million people in this state. And just as predictably, builders, property owners, farmers and some local officials say it goes too far: restricting or banning development that could bring in ratables and bolster the economy in an area that is ripe for growth.

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Inching Toward a Resolution On the Highlands

So there was no holiday declared when the council voted on the plan last week. The vote was 9-5, hardly unanimous. Even environmentalists want Governor Corzine to reject the plan and force...

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