Bayonne closer to development - Bayonne Redevelopment Authority - Brief Article

Translog: Journal of Military Transportation Management, Nov-Dec, 2001

The Bayonne Redevelopment Authority has accepted ownership of the bulk of the now-closed Military Traffic Management Command terminal on Greater New York Harbor.

The Army and the authority signed a deed of transfer for 460 acres on Sept. 28.

"This provides the Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority access to all the property at the Military Ocean Terminal Bayonne for redevelopment and environmental restoration," said Virginia King, coordinator.

The transfer of the remaining 192 acres on the giant two-and-a-half-mile causeway is scheduled for January, said King.

As part of the property change, the Military Traffic Management Command transferred, at the direction of Congress, three fire trucks at no cost to the city of Bayonne.

The property transfer follows a Jan. 12 transfer of 27 acres for a permanent Coast Guard site.

Bayonne was closed as the result of a decision made by the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. MTMC ended operations at the terminal on Sept. 30, 1999.