From NJ.com:
Middlesex County will pay $2.4M to preserve wetlands
by Tom Haydon/The Star-Ledger
Friday March 06, 2009, 11:48 AMMiddlesex County freeholders will pay $2.4 million in open space funds for a 9.7 acre tract of environmentally sensitive land in South Plainfield that was slated to be the site of 16 homes.
Freeholders Thursday approved the agreement with the A. Ferraro Construction, which received preliminary approval to build houses on the property, located on Delancey Street and known as the Adams Farm, county spokeswoman Stacey Bersani said.