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Residents challenge concrete batch plant; applicant and town board debate zoning, water and traffic
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the town to reclassify a proposed concrete batch plant as heavy industry, citing traffic, groundwater and water-use concerns; the applicant said it will pay for a town-water connection and defended its environmental controls while the planning board continues review.
Residents raised detailed technical and environmental concerns about a proposed ready-mix concrete plant at 3260/303260 Route 9 W during an extended public comment period and Q&A with the applicant and counsel. “At a minimum, a plant needs between 10 to 15,000 gallons of water per day,” said Amy Matz, a Cross Creek Run resident, who urged the board to adopt a heavier industry definition to account for water, traffic and environmental impacts.
Multiple speakers cited traffic safety on 9 W, proximity to Cross Creek and the Hudson River, and possible aquifer impacts. Johanna Sieverding, who reviewed the Creighton Manning traffic study, argued the study’s speed assumptions underestimate local risk and warned that truck maneuvers without acceleration lanes create hazards for motorists entering and exiting the site.
The applicant’s representative, Luke Clemente, disputed some characterizations and offered mitigation commitments on process and infrastructure. “We are gonna pay 100% of the cost for putting that waterline in, so there’s no taxpayer burden,” Clemente said, and he described the plant as a modern ready-mix facility with a closed-loop wastewater system and dust controls. Counsel Rob Stout added that any planning-board approval could include conditions or a developer agreement spelling out obligations and timing.
Board members and residents debated whether a zoning revision proposed by the board would unfairly target a pending application; the applicant warned that retroactive application of new zoning could lead to litigation. The board committed to reworking light/heavy industry language and to further review at upcoming planning-board sessions; the transcript records pre-meeting and planning-board hearings scheduled within days of the meeting.
