Solberg Airport eminent domain fight in Readington still unresolved
“The eminent domain battle — which already has cost township taxpayers more than $1.5 million in legal bills, as well as $22 million in borrowed money to finance a forced purchase of the property — continues after a judge on Monday threw out the township’s latest plan, essentially putting both parties back at square one.
Judge Yolanda Ciccone, sitting in Somerville, also ordered the township to return more than $139,000 that officials had withdrawn from the case’s trust account in order to pay the airport’s property taxes.
Ciccone also denied Readington’s effort to withdraw $700,000 from the account. The township argued that they should be allowed to recoup some of the money considering that their latest amended offer was $7.16 million cheaper.”
Bichao, Sergio. My Central Jersey 2 July 2013.