Ridgewood safety committee suggests conditions for proposed housing developments
Thursday February 14, 2013, 5:31 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Concerned with four proposed housing developments for the Central Business District (CBD) area, the Citizens Safety Advisory Committee suggested to the Planning Board this week that developers agree to update the CBD’s current infrastructure issues as a “condition of their approval.”
According to the village’s traffic expert, John Jahr of Maser Consulting P.A., the developers have already agreed to improve aspects of the CBD’s current transportation infrastructure.
“They want to work together to improve the traffic conditions,” Jahr said. “They recognize they have an obligation.”
In a Feb. 5 letter addressed to Planning Board Chairman Charles Nalbantian, Councilwoman Bernie Walsh, the committee’s chairwoman, noted that in light of the proposals, several public safety concerns should be addressed in the CBD. The letter was read by Director of Public Works Chris Rutishauser, who is also a member of the Citizens Safety Advisory Committee, at Monday’s meeting.
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The idea they have for improving the center of town will simply push more traffice into the surrounding areas.
The question of the effect on surrounding areas was raised at the recent meeting, but it was not answered. The concern is that you can have up to a thousand cars at peak times going past the various schools.