According to published reports, negotiations are ongoing, but city officials say the Army has unilaterally made some changes in the proposed agreement, involving federal statutes relating to the remediation of the site, which is contaminated. Local officials would not release specifics of the changes. The transfer of ownership also has to be signed off on by the state governor's office, but that can't happen until the federal paperwork is in place.
According to BLRA head Nicholas Chiaravalloti, his agency has gotten commitments for $11 million in federal funding to facilitate the clean-up of the sprawling tract, which once served as one of the Army's major East Coast logistics centers.
What the city has in mind is a massive project called Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, combining office, retail, residential and port-related uses, with a projected build-out of as much as 20 years. Agency officials say they have gotten two proposals for development of a portion of the site, but have not acted on either one yet.
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