A slide presentation of the project may be viewed at Hunterdon County's Stone Arch Bridges Within the next year, the Board hopes to digitize the boundaries of all registered properties for planning purposes. As of mid-2000, there are 35 districts and 29 individual structures listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Tax maps and USGS maps are available of these properties. Digitizing the districts and structures on a parcel map will allow the County and municipalities to use the data as an overlay map for various planning purposes. For the County, it is important to be able to see the proximity of proposed road and bridge projects to these registered properties.
Municipalities are also likely to use the digitized information for similar purposes.
The Hunterdon County Planning Board is expected to become more involved in historic preservation projects as the newly adopted Open Space Preservation Trust gets underway. This is the first time Hunterdon County has ever had a stable source of funding for historic preservation projects. Recommendations for eligible projects will be presented by the Cultural and Heritage Commission in consultant with the County Planning Board and other Departments. The County Board of Chosen Freeholders will approve the final list of projects to be funded. Through its land acquisition program, the Hunterdon County Parks System has acquired several farms with farmhouses, barns and other outbuildings.