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Critics said that, in addition to bulldozing one of the last remaining forests in the area, the plans are dangerous because they will increase the risk of flooding in the heavily populated West Orange area, which surrounds the proposed development.

Joe Krakoviak, president of the West Orange Township Council, expressed a “tremendous amount of concern” about putting lower-income residents so far away from vital amenities, along with environmental concerns.

“The township of West Orange has spent literally millions of dollars trying to better handle the stormwater runoff from the top of the mountain,” he said. “And that’s where they want to put the project.”