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Reader says A ball field and a passive park are usually welcomed in an area that is safe, and non-hazardous. Unfortunately neither is a true statement for the Schedler property

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A ball field and a passive park are usually welcomed in an area that is safe, and non-hazardous. Unfortunately neither is a true statement for the Schedler property. Yes, old ball fields remain near highways. Due to the hazardous air pollution few new ones are being built. Has anyone from the EPA come out and actually tested the air quality, especially at rush hours? Do the advocates have even an inkling of the hazards of pollution on anyone’s lungs? Also, a beam of small trees (nothing tall can survive with such limited root space) will do nothing for sound and physical protection. Look back and see how many cars and trucks have come through the sound barriers. Trees won’t physically protect participants near the highway. Also. are you preparing to add a sound system to the field? Without one, no one will hear the umpire’s calls, or the instructions to take another base, or a kid yelling “I got it!” Everyone involved will have to yell and then no-one will hear each other anyway. Parents from quiet areas of Ridgewood should take a drive over to check the sound. See how close you actually have to be to hear another person without screaming. I think many of you have no idea what you will find. If you haven’t experienced it, you really can’t imagine how bad it is.

4 thoughts on “Reader says A ball field and a passive park are usually welcomed in an area that is safe, and non-hazardous. Unfortunately neither is a true statement for the Schedler property

  1. You are sadly mistaken if you think this shiny new facility is only going to be used by baseball.

    This is yet another turfed field for soccer and lacrosse….

  2. A ball field at Schedler will also make the sky fall.I think you missed that point.

  3. You’re right! Sell it!

  4. 1;52 As we all learned as babies, only in Chicken Little can the sky to seem to be falling. This plot may eventually be termed safe from pollution and then it will be functionally used. But do you really want to spend all that money and later have it determined because of the air, and maybe the soil that it is unsafe for young children–and adults–to breathe it in for several hours at a time? I know this is a nonsense question but would you be willing to stand directly behind a car’s exhaust pipe and breathe that in for several hours.? The masses of cars and leaking trucks provide that daily to that location.

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