BFJ’s Edison Township Master Plan was unanimously adopted by the Planning Board in 2024. It had been more than 20 years since the Township developed a full Master Plan, and a lot had occurred during the intervening period. The Plan incorporated new county, region, and statewide planning initiatives which gave reason to reassess Edison’s needs and the direction in which future growth must proceed.

Edison Township is a diverse community of over 100,000 people covering approximately 30 square miles in Middlesex County, New Jersey. With excellent access to the regional roadway network, Edison has become a regionally and nationally significant warehousing, manufacturing, and distribution hub for commercial goods. However, the proliferation of these uses has caused the community to experience a significant amount of congestion and other quality of life issues. Those major roadways and highways, along with rail lines, and transmission lines, have physically divided the community. Without a core downtown, Edison’s commercial areas are generally strip malls along busy roads that are not safe for pedestrians or cyclists, 

The new 2024 Master Plan provides Edison with actionable recommendations to adress these quality of life issues and knit the community back together. The plan evaluates opportunities to improve commercial corridors with better design and pedestrian amenities that will help to link surrounding neighborhoods to commercial areas. Potential future redevelopment areas are identifed, including for transit-oriented-development at the Edison Train station. Additional recommendations will help Edison meet its New Jersey Fair Share housing obligation, improve the efficiency and safety of roadways, expand public access to the Raritan River, and address climate change vulnerabilities to improve Edison’s resilience.