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Ivins Avenue resident urges review of West Jersey housing proposal, cites flooding and safety risks
Summary
At the Egg Harbor Township meeting a longtime Ivins Avenue resident, identified in the transcript as Mrs. Justice, told the committee that proposed development PB2025-016 (reduced from 64 to 54 houses) threatens homes because of a high water table, argued the planning-board review was incomplete, and asked the township to require fuller engineering and hydrology analysis before approval.
Egg Harbor Township A longtime Ivins Avenue resident, addressed in the meeting as Mrs. Justice, urged the Egg Harbor Township Committee to press the planning board and the project developer for fuller study of PB2025-016, a proposed West Jersey housing subdivision. "It's to put...64 houses on West Jersey. Now it's reduced to 54 houses," the resident said, and described chronic water under her house, extensive basement flooding, and ongoing property damage that she attributes to a high water table in the area.
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