New Jersey Real Estate Digest: Hamilton Transit Village Back On Again

Monday, February 26, 2007

Hamilton Transit Village Back On Again

Well, it looks like the transit village is on again in Hamilton -- almost anyway. Seems the squabbling town council and the mayor met again with transit company representatives and agreed to act in the public interest and get more public input and further studies into the proposal to create a mixed use site at and around the Hamilton Train Station. The Republican council and Democratic mayor agreed to put partisanship aside and act for the public good much like their neighbors in West Windsor, who are also getting a transit village. The complaint of disruption the proposed project would create around the station is moot because the traffic pattern around the station is already changing due to parking expansion. The station sits alone with many, long abandoned, commercial properties. The transit village would definitely vitalize that area. If done carefully the Hamilton Station area could well become a destination in New Jersey in its own right allowing visitors to check out Hamilton’s attractions or use Hamilton as a base to hop over to Philadelphia or New York for big city shopping or entertainment. Hopefully the servicing the people attitude will last long enough to allow this project to move ahead.