Ballot position drawing for 2025 Haddonfield commissioners race. David Huehnergarth is seated in the front row, second from left. Credit: Matt Skoufalos.
Huehnergarth Withdraws from Haddonfield Commissioners Race
The candidate, plaintiff in a recently settled lawsuit against the borough over the Bancroft redevelopment project, says he would rather step away from an opportunity to serve in local government than preside over a project he doesn’t believe in, if elected.
EPA estimates of contamination at the former Welsbach Facility superfund site were off by a factor of 20, and excluded a newly discovered radioactive groundwater plume. Nonetheless, the agency says its models show cancer risks from the site “are lower than or within” acceptable ranges, and has halved the scope and cost of its remediation plan.
A month after removing the conditional tag from its agreement with Woodmont Properties, Haddonfield commissioners agreed to revisit proposals from all nine bidders for the Bancroft redevelopment project under a judge’s order. They settled on Woodmont again, citing pressure to resolve the borough’s affordable housing deficit, or risk a builder’s remedy lawsuit.