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Update:  WAREHOUSES DENIED!  


The application for the mega warehouses on Homestead Road was DENIED!

The Planning Board voted unanimously at their September 4th meeting.

  • Thank you to residents that posted signs on their lawn, sent letters to the Planning Board, attended over 20 public meetings, attended rallies/information sessions, and voiced their opinion during public comments.  Your voices mattered.

  • Thank you to Stop Warehouses and Trucks, Citizens Against Traffic, Sourlands Conservancy and The Watershed Institute for their continued support and perseverance.

  • Thank you to the Mayor of Manville, Montgomery Township Committee Representative, and local business leaders for voicing their concerns.

  • Thank you to the Planning Board for listening and doing the right thing
     

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About mega-warehouse on 189/203 Homestead Road

  • Building 1 is the size of NINE football fields!

  • 87 docks and 137 truck parking spaces, with 336 trips per day estimated by the developer’s own traffic expert.

  • Noise/air pollution will be 24/7 and trucks could be idling overnight.

  • 80,000 pounds tractor trailers will drive over the gas lines hundreds of times per day.

  • Buildings are 4 stories high (40 ft)!

  • Homestead Road is only two lanes with no shoulders. This is the main access road from the east side of town for the high school. You will have inexperienced drivers sharing the road with tractor trailer trucks.

  • Tractor trailers will be driving on our residential roads. Hillsborough tax payers will be responsible for maintaining these roads.

  • Tractor trailers will affect the traffic in Hillsborough, Manville, Montgomery, Princeton

  • Traffic will be increased throughout all the neighborhoods.

  • Increased flooding danger​​​

All the documents, including applications, reports and letters,
can be found at the township website:

https://hillsboroughnj.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1147/files/agenda/8239

PLANNING BOARD MEETING DATES

Typically, the Planning Board will consider only one project at any meeting.
Meeting agendas are posted in advance at

https://hillsboroughnj.portal.civicclerk.com

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Concerned citizens are urged to attend as many meetings as possible.
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Sign our petition at:

https://www.change.org/p/stop-warehouse-trucking

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