Comment EI-17555
Received or sent (printed as 4/30/2009)
Our community needs a full study of the effects that abandonment of the Harsimus Branch, and demolition of the Embankment, will have on our community and city. I am concerned about the following related to this topic: · 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
Submitted by: Caroline Burton · Jersey City, NJ
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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