Comment EI-17605
Received or sent (printed as 5/4/2009)
I urge a full environmental impact study before Conrail or anyone else starts demolition on the 6th Street Emankment. The possible community value of using this embankment for public transportation, recreation, and its wildlife and park potential should not be forsaken so that it can be torn down to build more housing in a neighborhood that does not need it nor can its infrastructure support it. The issues include the following: · 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: John Whyte · 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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