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Waldwick planning board approves soil-moving permits for high school field and parking after residents raise truck, testing and drainage concerns
Summary
The Waldwick Planning Board approved soil-moving permits covering a synthetic-turf athletic field and two new parking lots, after engineers described removal and import volumes and residents pressed for stricter routing, testing and maintenance assurances. The board voiced enforcement and notification concerns and recorded a roll call approval.
The Waldwick Planning Board on Tuesday approved soil-moving permits for a proposed synthetic-turf athletic field and two parking lots at the high school, after engineers described the quantities of material to be removed and imported and residents raised safety, notification and environmental concerns.
Presenter testimony described the field work as primarily topsoil stripping — about 5,100 cubic yards removed — and import of roughly 5,200 cubic yards of clean stone to form a structural, stormwater-mitigating base for the synthetic turf. The engineer said the stone base will sit on a minimum 9-inch layer plus a 3-inch leveling course and that in low-grade areas the stone thickness increases to 2–3 feet; a perforated collection pipe will route water to an…
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