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Residents press Parkland board to join Nexus 78 appeal, cite traffic and safety risks
Summary
Multiple residents urged the Parkland board to intervene in the Nexus 78 appeal, describing heavy truck traffic, dangerous turning movements near Orfield Middle School and risks at school events; one resident urged media pressure on private funders.
Several residents addressed the committee during the public-comment period urging Parkland School District to legally oppose the Nexus 78 warehouse proposal. Jed Kamloz said the project would "dramatically change our area forever," called the warehouse the "worst neighbor possible for OMS" and argued the community had nothing to lose by joining the appeal.
"Is this warehouse going to improve our community? No," Kamloz said, describing traffic delays and the prospect of 800 trucks per day near school traffic. Kelly Sullivan, who has canvassed neighborhood residents, said she supported the solicitor's preemptive filing and urged the board to vote to approve district participation in the court hearing. William Moore suggested public pressure on the Johnson Foundation and media outreach as a complementary tactic to legal action.
Commenters referenced the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) findings, denials at the township planning commission and board of supervisors, and multiple traffic expert reports cited by residents. Speakers repeatedly framed the issue as a student-safety and transportation concern because of the project's proximity to Orfield Middle School, the district transportation center and Parkland High School.
The public comments set the stage for the board's later unanimous resolution to oppose the project and authorize its solicitor to act in the appeal.
