As per the news source the authority has plans developed by the Morristown-based consulting firm Louis Berger Group with some help from Rutgers University and Brookdale Community College relating to environmental issue. It is said that the authority is seeking public feedback on a draft economic feasibility study and conceptual development plan for the Port of Belford.
It is informed that the plan resulted from a comprehensive analysis of the economic and physical viability of commercial development at the Port of Belford. The plan covers adjacent tracts totaling 15 acres, including a six-acre plot owned by the Belford Seafood Co-op and nine acres owned by Seaport Associates. The latter site once housed a fish processing plant, which was razed a number of years ago and is currently vacant.
The pan also include a 9,000-square-foot maritime-oriented discovery center; an expanded 10,000-square-foot retail seafood operation; a 22,000-square-foot marine research center to foster business incubation, fishery management, research and education/workforce training; storage facilities; an outdoor amphitheater; and multiple landscaped courtyards and plazas.
According to Township officials the plan needs help from a variety of county, state and federal assistance to help the project along.
