>Real estate developer Bob McNerney’s plan to build 240 units of new housing on the former Brogan Cadillac property is just plain insane!
The suggestion by McNerney, made to members of the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce earlier this week, that residents of the proposed housing complex would generate a significant revenue stream for Central Business District merchants, was just simple propaganda without any factual basis.
What is crystal clear: 240 new housing units on South Broad would mean an building addition for Orchard School, or a full school redistricting plan. Upgrades to Ridgewood’s waste water treatment plan might also be required, or at least improvements to sewer piping in the area. Traffic in the South Broad Street area, bad enough now to warrant a speed table, would get even worse as would parking (let’s not forget, 240 units of housing would generate a large number of visitors who require parking for their vehicles).
Stop the insanity before it starts – write you favorite Ridgewood Village Council member today and ask them to vote no on any plans to expand housing density on South Broad Street.
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