32:2-18.Ā  Determination that property is required for public use
If for the purposes of establishing a steamship terminal or purposes incidental thereto, including temporary construction purposes, in connection with the development or improvement of the Little Basin of the Morris canal in Jersey City, the port authority shall find it necessary or convenient to acquire any real property, in addition to the Little Basin property, whether orĀ  not contiguous therewith and whether for immediate or future use, in JerseyĀ  City within the area bounded on the north by York street, on the west by JerseyĀ  avenue and a southerly extension thereof, on the south by the Tidewater BasinĀ  and on the east by the state line, the port authority may find and determineĀ  that such property, whether a fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, isĀ  required for public use, and upon such determination said property shall beĀ  deemed to be required for such public use until otherwise determined by theĀ  port authority.Ā  With the exceptions hereinafter specifically noted, saidĀ  determination shall not be affected by the fact that the property hasĀ  theretofore been taken for, or is then devoted to, a public use, but the publicĀ  use in the hands of or under the control of the port authority shall be deemedĀ  to be superior to the public use in the hands of any other person.
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