Opponents said the plan is a potentially devastating blow to the state's harness racing industry.
, which amends local zoning to permit warehousing and indoor recreation southwest of the intersection of Route 33 and Woodward Drive.a coffee and tea merchant who also owned horses as well as Freehold Raceway, located just a few miles west of Gaitway, a play on the word, which refers to a horse’s running style, as in trotters or pacers. Fischer died in Freehold in 2011, leaving the farm in control of his sons, Kenneth Jr., Gary and Jeffrey Fischer.
In addition to warehouses and indoor sporting venues, other uses under the plan include light industry, and the agricultural activity that already goes on there. To help offset whatever new construction may occur as a result, the plan calls for 100 acres of the redevelopment area to be preserved as open space.
In an interview earlier in the week, McNaboe said the township had been contacted by a lawyer for individuals interested in developing warehousing on the site. The lawyer, Kenneth Pape, did not return a call. McNaboe said the farm was in financial trouble, and that at least some members of the Fischer family were in favor of a sale.
Socially distanced members of the public attended a Manalapan Township Committee meeting on Wednesday, in opposition to a redevelopment plan, later approved by the council, that will allow warehouses to be developed on the site of the Gaitway Farm standardbred horse training facility off Route 33.
thanks to higher purses and online wagering, after years of declines in attendance and betting at the track. She wasn’t alone., the state’s harness racing trade group, told the committee via Zoom that loss of the training facility, “would be a devastating blow to our members.” “How much can one highway handle?” Pat Butch, a resident of neighboring Millstone Township, said after the vote.
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