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Residents urge town to reject FEIS and traffic findings for proposed industrial park near Wheatley Heights
Summary
At the Sept. 10 Babylon Town Board meeting, multiple residents and civic leaders urged the board to reject or revisit the Final Environmental Impact Statement and traffic study for a proposed industrial park that would connect to Little East Neck Road, citing traffic, environmental and public-safety concerns.
At the Sept. 10 Town of Babylon meeting, residents of Wheatley Heights and surrounding neighborhoods asked the town to halt or revisit the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and traffic study for a proposed industrial park that would access Little East Neck Road. Why it matters: Commenters said the report used an inappropriate traffic comparator, omitted local trucking restrictions and understated environmental and emergency-response risks for a residential corridor. Residents voiced objections to the traffic study’s methodology and to a perceived lack of outreach. Resident Robert Lutz said he and his neighbors were "highly opposed" and argued the traffic sample road in the study was closer to Hartland Industrial Park and not representative of Little East Neck Road, which…
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