“Speak up, speak out, get in the way,” said the late Civil Rights leader, John Lewis. And, that’s the spirit that residents of RCS need to remember tomorrow (Wednesday, December 27, 2023) if we want to protect what’s left of the shoreline north of the Port of Coeymans.
Please join us as we advocate for a positive declaration (“Pos Dec”, for short) from the still-undetermined Lead Agency to slow down the offshore wind project. That project includes the building of a 515,000 SF manufacturing facility on 80+ acres of mostly residentially zoned land for housing 400-foot-long wind blades.
The Planning/Zoning Board of Appeals headed by Chairman, Robert Nolan needs to know how critical this issue is for the following reasons:
• The project is sited over or immediately adjoining to a principal aquifer;
• The project will create a demand for 10,000 GPD of drinking water from the neighboring town of the Village of Ravena, requiring water mains to be built along Route 144 north towards the project site;
• The project will generate 10,000 GPD of liquid sanitary waste managed by a line extension to the Village of Ravena;
• The project will disturb more than one acre of runoff, with “stormwater runoff to new outfalls along the Hudson River”. Stormwater runoff flow will flow to adjacent properties;
• The project includes one or more sources of air emissions;
• The hours of operation during construction is 6a – 6p, and during operations: 24 hours a day;
• An increase in noise levels will occur during construction;
• There will be outdoor lighting that may contribute to light pollution;
• Traffic for all routes related to this project should be studied comprehensively;
• The project is located in a 100 and 500-year floodplain.
Please anticipate being at the Coeymans Town Hall two hours early (meeting starts at 7p) so that we can avoid being shut out from the hearing like earlier this month. Peaceful demonstrations and speaking up are fundamental rights at public hearings. Let’s show the Planning Board and Carver Companies that our concerns are reasonable, fair, and genuine.
CAC member Sara has prepared Pos Dec cookies to help keep us satiated while we wait our turn to be heard.
