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Are you aware?
Did you know? Do you care?
A high density senior housing
development is currently being considered by Hopatcong’s planning board. It will
have access roads off of Durban Ave. and Sparta-Stanhope Road. Planned is 662
Units of apartments, townhouses & single family dwellings/ An estimated
1500 or more people! There are so many questions.
The developer's traffic expert has stated that approximately 1500 cars or more
will be added to the local roadways.
1) 90% or more of the traffic will exit south onto
Sparta-Stanhope Road (Sussex County R605). The section of road between Lenape Valley High School and Brooklyn-Stanhope Road is a Stanhope Municipal
road, not a County road. Your borough government has control over
this road.
2) According to the developer's traffic expert, the
intersection of Sparta-Stanhope Road and Brooklyn-Stanhope Road is currently
close to failure rate. The added volume from the development may cause it
to fail.
3) The increased traffic nearly doubles the
existing Stanhope borough's resident traffic load overnight with no immanent
road improvements.
4) Stanhope has no busing; do you need this added
risk of danger to your children walking to school?
What about this environmentally sensitive land
and the displaced wildlife? The D.E.P. was considering this land for the
Highlands Preservation Core but the Mayor of Hopatcong successfully lobbied to exclude the property from the core. Massive amounts of soil will have to
be removed. The developer’s study states this:
Not enough water has been found
on site through test well drilling to support a development of this size. The
Stanhope Mayor and Town Council are currently deciding whether to sell sewer "gallonage" as well as an easement for a water pipeline through Stanhope
to support this project.
On November 30, 2004, members
of our CCH-HOPE coalition attended the regularly scheduled Stanhope Mayor &
Council meeting, and we were prepared with a scheduled presentation. We
were met with a wall of silence from the members when we were expecting a
question and answer session. We simply feel that we were stonewalled.
After a closed door meeting with the developer on October 20, 2004, the
Stanhope Mayor and Council voted to look into supplying the developer with
sewage and a water transmission main through the Borough. The short
term profit made by the sale of utilities for this project will be far
overshadowed by the long term problems of traffic congestion.
JOIN US! We are your neighbors in Hopatcong. Let your Mayor and Town
Council know – NOT IN
OUR TOWN. Help us combat this massive
project! Act now before it's too late!
THE LATEST NEWS:
Stanhope is now in
discussion to transfer 122,000 gallons of sewage treatment capacity to D.R.
Horton. A letter of intent was sent to the Attorney representing the
developer. Read all the letters:
Builder's Attorney's letter to Stanhope Borough Administrator, dated October 29,
2004
Builder's
letter to Stanhope Mayor, dated November 1, 2004
Stanhope Borough Engineer letter to Stanhope Mayor, dated November 3, 2004
Stanhope Borough Engineer October 30 Meeting Minutes, dated November 4, 2004
Builder's Attorney's letter to Stanhope Borough Administrator, dated November
29, 2004
Stanhope Letter
of Intent from the Stanhope Borough Administrator, December 13, 2004
Horton's
Attorney's Letter to Stanhope, January 10, 2005
Stanhope's Letter to Hopatcong Stating Their Traffic Concerns, January 12, 2005
CCH/HOPE's Letter to Mayor of
Stanhope January 13, 2005
Township Journal
News Article, Former Stanhope Mayors Come Out Against Hopatcong Development,
March 28, 2005
STANHOPE RESIDENTS
- if you are against this kind of urban sprawl congesting your roads,
consuming your natural resources and burdening your infrastructure.
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Contact your friends and
neighbors
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Attend your Council meetings
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Voice your opinions
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Call or write your Mayor and
Council
Call or write:
Stanhope Town
Hall
Mayor Diana Kuncken
77 Main Street
Stanhope, NJ 07874
(973) 347-0159
OR
Town Administrator Teri Massood
(973) 347-0459 Ext. 14
Stanhope Council Members:
(All may be contacted
at 973-347-0159)
James Benson
Jack Mohrle
Brian Murphy
Edward Schwartz
Michael Vance
Raymond Wootten
TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN OUR FUTURE!
Read the
December 2 article
from the NJ Herald
WATER SUPPLY: In case Stanhope declines the appeal
for water, D R Horton, Inc. has submitted an
application to the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection to install wells within the
freshwater wetland transition areas of the site. Yet another abomination! Private
wells in Hopatcong are in danger!
Bradley M. Campbell
Commissioner of the NJDEP
PO Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
and
NJDEP
Land Use Regulation Program
PO Box 439
Trenton, NJ 08625
Tell them "NOT IN OUR TOWN". IT IS NO
GOOD FOR HOPATCONG AND NO GOOD FOR SUSSEX COUNTY.
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