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Deer Park planning board hears Roberts Plywood plan to add warehouse, canopy over active rail spur
Summary
Roberts Plywood proposed a 22,632-square-foot second warehouse and an 11,290-square-foot canopy over an active railroad spur at 45 North Industry Court; the planning board closed the public hearing and reserved decision pending further review and required zoning relief.
Roberts Plywood asked the Town of Babylon Planning Board on Sept. 8 to approve a site plan to build a 22,632-square-foot warehouse and an 11,290-square-foot canopy that would shelter loading adjacent to an active railroad spur at 45 North Industry Court in Deer Park.
The proposal, presented by the applicant’s attorney Tom Abate and project engineer Christopher Voorhees, would add a second building in the northwest quadrant of the roughly 5.5-acre site and place an open-sided canopy over the property’s existing elevated rail unloading platform to protect employees and materials during offloading. Voorhees said the spur is active and that the branch serving the site can accommodate about three to four railcars; trucks…
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