Walter C. Lane AICP PP

Walter Lane has been Somerset County’s director of planning since 2014. He also oversees the Division of Solid Waste Management, the Agriculture Development Board, the Cultural and Heritage Commission, and the County Energy Council. Prior to assuming the director’s position, Mr. Lane served as a supervising transportation planner, principal planner, and senior community planner for the county. He has served on the Executive Committee of the New Jersey chapter of the American Planning Association and is a past chairman of the Regional Transportation Advisory Committee at the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority.