Residents Want Planning Board to Evaluate Dam Project [Poll]
A United Water representative says the planning board is not qualified to approve a dam.
A group of Hillsdale and Westwood residents want more input on United Water's plan to upgrade the dam at the Woodcliff Lake Reservoir, according to Don MacLachlan, an attorney hired by the residents. MacLachlan said he believes that an attorney for United Water, who wrote earlier this year that the utility does not need to appear before the Hillsdale Planning Board, is incorrect because some aspects of the plan violate Hillsdale's land use, soil movement and tree removal ordinances. "What we're asking for is not simple opposition," MacLachlan said. "What's critical here is that Hillsdale continue to take the lead in requiring that any citizen, be they the most humble individual or the most humble trillion-dollar multinational water company…
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Tracey Lombardi
9:06 pm on Sunday, June 17, 2012
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