Local police can certainly stop environmentalists and birdwatchers. Hell, even I could roll Miles. But the constabulary has no authority over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the state DEP.
According to Save Green Pond, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and PA Department of Environmental Protection visited the site last week on Wednesday, November 15 to conduct a wetlands survey.
They found that almost the entire 8-acre identified by Save Green Pond and Jack Glagola as a wetland is, in fact, a wetland. Pink flags and ribbons outline the site.
This poses a major obstacle to tradition's plans for development at that site. It had proposed using this 8-acres as a detention pond.
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People have been saying as much at Twp. meetings but they were dismissed.
the American way - screw over seniors to save a bird.
This is great new, now will they mandate the state put the road back to how it was before they cut the water source off from the pond (ie overflowing th entrees like it did for years and years)
*** Overflowing the street ***
Too funny, No senior is getting screwed over. There is no shortage of housing, especially for seniors with money. But that is one of few places where so many different kinds of birds congregate. The area is likely undevelopable anyway bc of the stormwater and traffic concerns. People who do live in BT are tired of the traffic and stormwaters, but you would add to that problem so J.B. Reilly can get richer.
8:07, That road still overflows when it rains. The solution is an underground pipe.
Great news.
Screw over seniors?
Is the Country Club and development operation tied into AARP?
What am I missing?????????
"Screw over seniors"?? What a silly comment.
The proposal for the swamp is to keep it as a swamp. What's the controversy?
That's not the proposal. TOA planned on creating a stormwater basin and various ponds there.
If we leave it up to Marcia Hahn, you would have condominiums in these wetlands. Fortunately, cooler heads sometimes prevail.
You can disturb wetlands if you demonstrate a hardship and what you will do to compensate for disturbing them.
Why isn't the conservation community rallying to buy this land?
According to TOA this new perimeter actually works to their advantage and really has no negative impact on their plans. "Just some moving things around" and they plan on going ahead with the project. Good news for all township residents. I'm sure the township officials are looking forward to another round of whining from the locals, Gagolas, who's real agenda is not the birds but not in my back yard. Good luck TOA. Hopefully we can keep our seniors here by providing this type of development instead of forcing them to leave and "migrate" to saucon valley and the likes.
c, There have been meetings with the owner, but right now, it is under agreement to TOA. Can't interfere with a contract.
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