Airports
New Jersey steps in to save Solberg Airport from closure
The long and bitter battle over the fate of Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J., may finally be over.

The long and bitter battle over the fate of Solberg Airport in Readington, N.J., may finally be over. Readington Township officials had been proceeding for several years with steps to take the property away from the Solberg family, which has owned it for more than 60 years, under the right of eminent domain. Furious controversy has raged over that action.

Groups have been organized on both sides and a lawsuit is still pending on the part of one pro-airport group, COST (Citizens Opposed to Shameful Taking/Soaring Taxes).
The group filed a suit against the township in the state Superior Court last fall alleging numerous violations of the law, including a violation of first amendment rights. At one public meeting last fall the township committee denied a pro-airport advocate the right to speak.