Woodbridge Wetlands Park Slated To Open This Year

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — Progress is being made on Woodbridge Wetlands Park:

The park is on track to open sometime in 2025, revealed Mayor John McCormac at his State of the Township address last Thursday. It is currently under final review by the EPA and NJ Department of Environmental Protection.

This is a 185-acre former polluted brownfield site in the Keasbey riverfront section of Woodbridge. For nearly 20 years, the town and state have been working to turn it into a public park, with walking trails and elevated boardwalks added above the marsh.

Once Woodbridge Wetlands Park opens, it will give Woodbridge Township its first public access to the Raritan River in 100 years. Here's a preview of what the park will look like once it opens to the public: https://greatecology.com/portf...

One part of the park will be Pine Barrens Pond, located off Industrial Road. The previously polluted pond underwent an entire environmental clean-up, and walking trails and a picnic area have been added. The town of Woodbridge is turning the pond into a stocked fishing pond.

Woodbridge Twp. anticipates the pond will be open to the public this summer, said town spokesman John Hagerty this week. It will be called the Pine Barons Pond & Recreation area.

"This new attraction will include walking trails, picnic areas and a fishing pond for our entire community," said McCormac March 6. "Just down the road is our Woodbridge Wetlands Park, which is hopefully in the final stages of review by state and federal agencies so that we can open it this year."

Additionally, also this year Woodbridge hopes to construct a new and larger dog park behind the existing one in Sewaren, and will build additional parking at the current dog park site.

From Woodbridge TV, the Township television station, here's a history of the 15-year clean-up at Woodbridge Wetlands Park:

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