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Shade Tree Commission warns Willowfield ballfield plan would remove mature trees and risk floodway
Summary
The Pompton Lakes Shade Tree Commission read a letter urging the council to reconsider the Willowfield ballfield and walking-track proposal, saying the plan would remove 75–100 mature trees in the floodway and that 1,900 small plantings cannot replace canopy benefits.
The Shade Tree Commission told the Pompton Lakes Borough Council it strongly opposes the proposed Willowfield project, which the commission said would place a ballfield and walking track inside the borough’s floodway and remove as many as 75–100 mature trees.
At the Dec. 12 meeting Councilwoman (reading) placed the commission’s advisory letter into the public record. The letter warned the project’s location in the floodway "is alarming" and argued that…
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