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Goshen planning board conditions site plan for Muscat Court concrete plant, requires no‑left‑turn program and monitoring
Summary
Applicant for a Muscat Court ready‑mix concrete plant proposed a company‑enforced ban on inbound left turns from Route 17M, a $710,000 surety, and a 12‑month post‑occupancy traffic study; the board discussed enforceability, signage, and incident metrics before moving the application forward for Part 3 work.
The Goshen Planning Board reviewed a site‑plan for a ready‑mix concrete plant on Muscat Court and pressed the applicant to lock in traffic mitigations aimed at preventing left turns from Route 17M onto the private access road.
The board heard from John Lynch, director of operations for the applicant company, who said the firm had remediated the site at 9 Muscat Court and intends to operate an enclosed, insulated concrete plant. Lynch told the board the operation “can operate today with 0 restrictions” but that the applicant proposes to impose a company‑level restriction to eliminate inbound left turns by vehicles associated with the project.
Nick Tortorella, a licensed traffic engineer with Stonefield Engineering, summarized the conditions proposed in a letter submitted by the project attorney: a project‑only prohibition on inbound left turns from Route 17M onto Muscat Court for all trips generated by the facility; no on‑site retail sales to limit third‑party visitors; a…
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