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Neighbors and advocates press city to scrutinize Iberia development over traffic, parking and pollution
Summary
Residents and housing advocates urged the Newark Council and city planners to scrutinize the proposed Iberia project’s traffic and environmental impacts, called out gaps in city review, and asked council members to monitor an upcoming planning-board hearing on Feb. 2.
Newark residents criticized city review of the proposed Iberia development, saying consultant reports underplay traffic, parking and pollution risks and urging council oversight ahead of a planning-board continuation hearing scheduled for Feb. 2.
"The developer's traffic engineer presented a traffic study that said that the additional 1,300 units would have minimal impact on traffic and parking," said John Goldstein of Homes for All Newark. Goldstein said the study relied on formulas that did not match conditions on…
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