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Residents urge board to halt proposed Little East Neck Road industrial park over traffic, health and environmental concerns
Summary
Multiple Wheatley Heights and Wyandanch residents told the Town of Babylon board that a proposed industrial park and rezoning would harm traffic, air quality, property values and community character; speakers cited FEIS concerns and asked the board to reject rezoning.
Several dozen residents spoke at the Town of Babylon meeting on Oct. 8 to oppose a proposed industrial park on Little East Neck Road, saying the project would bring heavy truck traffic, diesel pollution and harms to local quality of life.
Speakers from Wheatley Heights and nearby neighborhoods described the proposal as a 100‑acre project they said is budgeted at roughly $250 million, with thousands of parking spaces and as many as 2,000 employees.…
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