Legendary N.J. raceway may soon be replaced by 600 affordable housing units

[andujar]

Legendary N.J. raceway may soon be replaced by 600 affordable housing units

The motorsports racetrack, known for its iconic "Raceway Park!" commercials, was once home to major drag racing events.

www.nj.com

 

[Cliff]

See that all the time in Phoenix. arghhhhh

 

[I was NITRO BREATH]

sickening a great dragstrip ....gone

 

[Guy]

Absolutely disgusting!

 

[Butch]

Affordable housing and NJ shouldn't be in the same book.
According to my daughter who's still living there until she can get out of her
residency.

 

[Just Paul]

I mean.. It's been gone off the schedule for 7-8 years? I guess it really doesn't matter what it turns into. It was never coming back.

 

[Marchboom]

"court-mandated affordable housing". Again, judges are ruling our lives. How about letting the citizens decide if they want "affordable housing"? A drag strip doesn't bring crime but "court-mandated affordable housing" will.

 

[mgty3whlr]

Affortable housing smack dab in the middle of High end housing! Let's see how that works out and i'll bet the complaing neighbors wished that they had kept the drag strip.

 

[J. S.]

Affortable housing smack dab in the middle of High end housing! Let's see how that works out and i'll bet the complaing neighbors wished that they had kept the drag strip.

No doubt the people in the high end housing, voted for the policies that allow the "low income housing". If you can't afford to live in a particluar area, move somewhere else where cost of living is lower.

 

[Jack]

It was only a matter of time. Been like eight years and I've gotten over it. Bring out the bull dozers and have at it.

 

[Crazy]

They have to have some place to house all of the people that work low end sales and food service. Or, who are going to serve and feed them?

 

[Crazy]

We have the same situation where I live. Shit pot full of short term rentals for the tourists, leaving nothing for the lowly worker to live in. Then they bitch that they can't get anyone to work in their tourist trap shops and restaurants.

 

[scratch]

Section 8 housing you bet. The neighbors would be better off with the once proposed storage lot for totaled out cars. There goes the neighborhood....

 

[BaldyLochs]

The real irony is… eventually idiots will be doing illegal street racing and speeding through those new neighborhoods. Then people will say there’s no safe place around here to race cars lawfully.

 

[Rick 1800]

I went to the Summmer nats over many years... had some great times there. I remember the homes being built around the track and hearing about people crying to shut down the track... now look what their getting

 

[GumbyWVU]

Section 8 housing you bet. The neighbors would be better off with the once proposed storage lot for totaled out cars. There goes the neighborhood....

Maybe it's Section 1/8 Mile housing, LOL

 

[Jack]

So can we assume that all of the remaining current activity is also going away?