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Park Grove breaks ground on Irwin housing; residents raise construction concerns
Summary
Park Grove’s Irwin housing project is under construction with an 18-month schedule; residents have complained about dust, blocked trails and tree clearing, and county staff said issues have been raised with the developer and DEC where wetlands questions arose.
Jamie (speaker S8) told the board that Park Grove’s Irwin housing project began site work this week and the contractor has an 18-month construction schedule. He said the town and Park Grove are responding to resident complaints about construction fencing that has blocked public trails, dust control in hot weather, tree clearing and access disruptions.
Jamie said some wetlands concerns were referred to DEC and that the town has imposed construction-entrance controls and conditions in a conditional-use permit. Residents and legislators pressed for better site-management measures; Jamie said Park Grove had been asked to adopt dust-control, timing limits and road-cleaning procedures and that IDA staff will monitor the work. He noted the development includes market-rate rental townhouse units and amenities and that seven units were identified in the transcript as serving transit-housing needs.
