Posts Tagged ‘West Essex Highlands’
Princeton Hydro’s 43-Page Report Lists Flaws in Applicant’s Test Methodology For WEHI Development Permit
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Princeton Hydro, commissioned by WeCare NJ, submitted a 43-page document on Oct. 5 to Dr. Chair Robert Bagoff and the West Orange Planning Board, explaining why building the West Essex Highlands is dangerous because of flooding, steep slopes, will affect the water drinking supply and other reasons. It also questioned some of the methods that the applicant’s expert used in its investigation.
Read MoreWeCare President & A West Orange Resident Talk About West Essex Highlands’ Developer Changing the Original Plans
South Orange Environmental Commission Formally Recommends that West Orange Reject Essex Highlands Application
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The South Orange Environmental Commission (SOEC) sent a letter to Mayor Susan McCartney, the West Orange Town Council and the planning board warning that the proposed development of West Essex Highlands housing will be harmful to adjacent towns and recommending that West Orange does not approve it.
Read MoreWest Orange Environmental Commission Sends Letter to Planning Board Opposing Proposed West Essex Highlands Development
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Orange Environmental Commission (WOEC) wrote a letter to the West Orange Planning Board explaining why the proposed West Essex Highlands development “will impact ecological integrity, regional open space and quality of life for residents.” They strongly opposed the proposed destruction of a watershed and forest to allow for development of almost 500 apartments on the West Essex Highlands/Watchung mountain.
Read MoreSierra Club Urges West Orange Planning Board to Reject Billionaire’s Harmful Housing Development in the Watchung Mountains
NJ Sierra Club has issued the following statement:
“Affordable housing, land conservation, and sustainability can all coexist, but not like this.
This proposed project … threatens up to 30 acres of deforestation in an already overdeveloped part of the state, increases risk of flooding and does not comply with stormwater rules, which threatens public safety, and will isolate the residents who need the affordable housing literally on top of a mountain – no where near … schools, grocery stores, or public transit.
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