Comment EI-17427
Received or sent (printed as 4/10/2009)
Hoboken needs a full study of the effects that abandonment of the Harsimus Branch, and demolition of the Embankment, will have. There is a better way, one that works with the historic heart of the old industrial (transportation) section, emphasizing the positive aspects of return to nature in parts in the most heavily used migratory corridor in the country. The following factors need to be considered: · air quality · dust · noise · vibrations · heavy truck traffic through fragile historic districts · damage to buildings on two sides for one-half mile · removal of a cultural resource · health · flooding (no half-mile of fill to absorb stormwater in flood plain) · water quality (increased burden on combined sewers; release of CSOs into Hudson Estuary) · release of contaminants · habitat destruction · wildlife, including migratory birds and monarch butterflies, and much local species · ecosystem (part of habitat corridor joining Hudson to Hackensack) · cultural loss for Holy Rosary historic festival and Italian community · loss of grade-separated transportation structure, ideal for urban area’s heavy traffic · loss of light rail linking Secaucus to waterfront · loss of light freight opportunities Thank you, John deGrazia
Submitted by: John DeGrazia · Princeton, New Jersey
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