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LEGAL NOTICE to unknown property owners fictitiously named as Defendants

Oct 08 2025

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, pursuant to the provisions of R. 4:73-3(b), hereby provides notice to Defendants DOUGLAS-ROBERTS ASSOCIATES, ITS UNKNOWN SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, JANE AND JOHN DOES 1 through 10 (fictitious named defendants), and ABC BUSINESS ENTITIES 1 through 10 (fictitious named defendants), that a Verified Complaint, Order to Show Cause, Order for Judgment and Appointing Commissioners, and Declaration of Taking were filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County on Docket No. CAM-L-2775-25 relating to the acquisition by eminent domain of property located in the Township of Cherry Hill, County of Camden, identified as the Walt Whitman Service Area Remnant Parcel Adjacent to I-295 and is situated between I-295 and the rear of property owned by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority commonly known and identified as the Walt Whitman Service Area (“Property”).


Jane and John Does 1 through 10 and ABC BUSINESS ENTITIES 1 THROUGH 10, (fictitious name defendants), are named as defendants as persons or entities that are presently unknown and who may have a claim to have an ownership interest in the Property and therefore an interest in the condemnation proceedings.


PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Court executed the Order to Show Cause with a return date scheduled for November 3, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. before the Honorable Steven J. Polansky, A.J.S.C., in the Superior Court, Civil Division, Camden County. JANE AND JOHN DOES 1 through 10 (fictitious name defendants); and ABC ENTITIES 1 through 10 (fictitious name defendants) have the right to file any responsive papers to the Order to Show Cause and Verified Complaint with Judge Polansky no later than October 9, 2025. If no responsive papers are filed, this action may proceed ex parte without any participation from the defendants and a judgment may be entered against the defendants for the requested relief.