Hudson waterfront site visit draws residents’ concerns over flooding, dust, security and remediation

Planning Board members and residents on Tuesday raised repeated concerns about flooding, dust, security and potential hazardous materials at the Colarusso-owned site at 175 South Front Street after a planning-board site visit.

The board kept the application active and directed residents to submit written comments for the record; members said they would revisit the item at the board’s next meeting on March 11.

Why this matters: The property sits at Hudson’s waterfront and the discussion centered on whether the applicant’s mitigation measures address floodplain risk from the Hudson River, how materials would be handled and secured on site, and what oversight state agencies such as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) would exercise. Residents said the issues affect adjacent neighborhoods and a nearby public park.

At the start of the discussion the board summarized what it observed on a recent site visit: the applicant described transporting aggregate and stone and said it did not anticipate handling hazardous materials on site. Residents and at least one board member voiced skepticism that the application…