Sean Savage Quoted in NJBIZ Article
October 2024
Florham Park, NJ — Sean Savage, Director of Land Development, Matrix New World Engineering (Matrix), was featured in a recent NJBIZ article that discussed New Jersey’s soon to be adopted environmental land use reforms.
Savage pointed out that with the adoption of reforms rapidly approaching, “It may behoove a project to accelerate its timeline.”
On a current Matrix project in a Jersey City tidal flood zone, Savage stated they will try to get grandfathered under the current regulations. Additionally, Savage has made sure his team, clients and prospective clients are aware of the upcoming changes.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has proposed modernizing land resource protection rules to better support New Jersey communities, residents, and businesses in building their resilience to sea-level rise, extreme weather, chronic flooding, and other impacts of our changing climate.
Almost two-thirds of New Jersey’s coastline is already at high or very high risk to coastal erosion and 98% of the coastline is projected at medium or very high risk to sea level rise. Over half a million acres of New Jersey land are highly vulnerable to coastal hazards.
REAL is part of the New Jersey Protecting Against Climate Threats (NJPACT) initiative directed by Governor Phil Murphy’s Executive Order 100 (Jan. 2020). Through amendments to existing land resource protection rules, if adopted REAL will bolster our resilience to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. The proposed rules address sea-level rise, coastal storm surge, flooding, and stormwater management concerns while improving water quality, protecting natural resources, and streamlining permitting processes that will expedite resilient investments in New Jersey’s communities and economy.
According to Jayne Warne, PE, President, “Sean is a wonderful source of information on the environmental land use rules through the REAL reforms and how climate change is impacting future sea-level rise, extreme weather, and chronic flooding. His expertise in this area allows us to better serve our clients.”
To read the article, please click here.
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About Sean Savage
Sean Savage P.E. is the Director of Land Development. He has more than two decades of in-depth experience that includes storm/sanitary sewer design, landfill capping projects, sanitary sewer infiltration/inflow studies, field inspection, and permitting compliance. He has been responsible for the completion and submission of various state/municipal permits and applications some of which include Flood Hazard Area , Wetlands, CAFRA and Army Corps permitting, Treatment Works Approvals, Water Main Extension permits, Soil Erosion applications, and Pinelands Commission. Sean has also served as project and client manager on numerous residential and commercial projects varying from small to large located throughout New Jersey.
About Matrix New World Engineering
Matrix New World Engineering is a company of engineering and science experts who focus on some of the nation’s most pressing long-term challenges, including climate change, resiliency, ecological restoration, contamination studies, water supply, disaster response, and urban revitalization. Matrix believes solving environmental challenges through careful planning and engineering is an indispensable measure of success.
Matrix has offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Arizona, Louisiana, and Chicago, coupled with project experience throughout the United States and the Caribbean.
