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News Alert: F. Greek has withdrawn their application to
construct a truck depot in Franklin Township!
Click
here to view the article in The Express Times and
click
here fora link to the Skylands Preservation Alliance
announcement of the event.
This
page is intended to keep Bloomsbury residents abreast of
Bloomsbury's position and actions regarding the proposed Franklin Township
truck depot, which will be located on Asbury-Bloomsbury
Road.
The
Franklin Township (Warren County) Planning Board is
presently considering a land use application to develop a
tract of land for a truck depot; this property is located just
north of the exit 6 interchange for Route 78 on
Bloomsbury-Asbury Road.
The
present proposal calls for 350 individual truck bays, with 450
surface parking truck spots. The depot is
anticipated to operate 24/7, so if there are three (3) shifts
that handle but one (1) truck per day, then there would be 1050
trucks per day (single trip; for round trips double the number).
There are only 1440 minutes in the day this means
that a truck will be coming through the Borough every 65 seconds
or so. As there is no direct access to the
site from Route 78, all trucks will have to get off the
highway at exit 7, in Bloomsbury, and proceed to
Asbury-Bloomsbury Road.
We
are very concerned with this proposal, and the Borough Council
has retained a traffic engineer to represent the Boroughs
interests. We will be monitoring this application and will do
what we are able to protect the Borough's interests.
The Skylands
Preservation Alliance is spearheading the effort to halt
this project. Visit their website for information on the project
itself, what you can do to help stop the project, view articles
and editorials, and much, much more.
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