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The hearing on a controversial plan to construct new buildings, a road network and storage silos at the Stavola asphalt plant on Chambers Bridge Road in Brick has been rescheduled for February, according to the latest filings with the township.<\/p>\n

The hearing was last scheduled to be heard at the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s Dec. 3, 2025 meeting, but it was postponed. This was the first time the application for the project had been formally advertised, but records obtained by Shorebeat showed the matter was tentatively set to be heard on several occasions over the past year, but none occurred. The new hearing date \u2013 which has been formally advertised and published by the board \u2013 states the proposal will be the subject of a hearing at the board’s Feb. 4, 2026 meeting.<\/p>\n

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The Stavola asphalt plant, Brick, N.J., Fall 2025. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

By way of a records request, Shorebeat previously obtained the plans for the project, which detailed the proposed site plan and also included a copy of a letter from local land use attorney Edward Liston, notifying the board that he had been hired as special counsel for the Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority to formally object to the application. Similar projects have been proposed at the asphalt plant before, the most significant of which resulted in a denial by the board in 2005. Stavola then sued the township but ultimately lost, with the court upholding the board\u2019s decision. On several occasions over the following 20 years, plans have been revived, and on all occasions have been met with objections by the BTMUA, which has argued expanding the plant could have negative affects on the Metedeconk River, which flows just north of the site and is the primary source of the township’s drinking water supply. Stavola, through its parent company, Arcosa, is being represented by local attorney John Jackson.<\/p>\n

The plan before the board, which will be detailed further at the hearing, consists of demolishing most of the current plant which produces hot-mix \u201cbatch\u201d asphalt, then replacing it with newer equipment. Much of the work centers on the road network within the site, which would see the current gravel pathways removed in favor of asphalt roads.<\/p>\n

The roads would be part of a total of 3.21 acres of \u201cmotor vehicle surface.\u201d Additionally, the company would build 3,369 square feet of new buildings, including an administrative suite, truck scale and other features. As it currently exists, much of the materials at the site are laid out in exposed piles, which would be eliminated in favor of four storage silos that would stand 50-feet tall, with an eave of 75-feet, necessitating one of the primary variances requested under the application since a height of just 26-feet is permitted. The silos would allow for the storage of about 600 tons of asphalt. The improvements in efficiency would allow Stavola to produce more asphalt in significantly shorter time periods.<\/p>\n

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The Stavola asphalt plant, Brick, N.J., Fall 2025. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

A new “burner,” which produces asphalt, would be a sealed system, as opposed to the current open system. The application also calls for the use of recycled asphalt pavement.<\/p>\n

The BTMUA has long opposed expansion of the site since a public water treatment plant is located just a half-mile from the site. The plant itself borders a branch of the Metedeconk River, from which the BTMUA sources drinking water.<\/p>\n

According to the environmental impact statement, the expansion of the plant would incorporate above-ground infiltration basins into the layout of the facility for stormwater management. Above-ground stormwater would be \u201ccollected by the proposed conveyance system and routed to an above-ground infiltration basin\u201d where it would ultimately be \u201creleased at a controlled rate through an outlet control structure\u201d and flow to the existing stormwater basin \u201cand ultimately to the Metedeconk River via overland flow.\u201d Likewise, several subdrainage areas would also flow toward the river.<\/p>\n

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The Stavola asphalt plant, Brick, N.J., Fall 2025. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

The same report notes, however, that the plant as it currently is constructed also has its stormwater runoff flowing to the river, and the improvements in basin technology could mitigate some environmental concerns.<\/p>\n

The plant is located within the Rural Residential zone, however the property on which it is located \u2013 which abuts the municipal complex to the east, the river to the north, and a Garden State Parkway interchange to the south \u2013 has been used for industrial purposes dating back to the 1950s, making its use grandfathered in since it pre-existed the township’s zoning ordinance. In 2024, Stavola Industries, based in Tinton Falls, was sold to Arcosa, a major national construction engineering firm based in Dallas, TX.<\/p>\n

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The Stavola asphalt plant, Brick, N.J., Fall 2025. (Photo: Shorebeat)<\/p><\/div>\n

The application is scheduled to be heard at the zoning board\u2019s Feb. 4, 2026 meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. at the township municipal complex, 401 Chambers Bridge Road.<\/p>\n

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