Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Wednesday, April 18, 2012,
District 26 Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce said the recent Department of Environmental Protection report on the impact of the Pompton Lakes dam on downstream flooding appears to eliminate one concern about flooding. But she added that the study makes clear that there is a need for a long-term solution to flooding in the region.
“While the report eliminates the dam operation as a major contributor to the recent series of devastating floods in the region, it raises concern about what needs t...
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Plan Proposed for Permanent Flooding Fix
Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Thursday, April 12, 2012,
Buying out homes, improving the operation of the floodgates and dredging local rivers are all viable steps that can be taken as part of permanent solution to alleviating flooding in the Passaic River Flood Basin, the head of an environmental group said Tuesday.
“The first thing we need to do is vacate the flood plain and that’s being done, which is a good first step,” Ella Filippone, executive director of the Passaic River Coalition, told a gathering sponsored by the Wayne League of Wo...
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Full reservoirs do contribute significantly to flood crests.
Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Wednesday, February 22, 2012,
Ladies & Gentleman - below was a forum on the Delaware River Flooding moderated by a NY TIMES reporter- the attendees were all very well qualified “experts” and concluded “full reservoirs DO contribute significantly to flood crests, and, while managing a water supply system is complex, the NYCDEP is not doing a good job of it.”
What preceded was the following news release http://www.nj.gov/dep/newsrel/2011/11_0049.htm
The million dollar question becomes if this can be done for t...
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DEP Still Working on Floodgate Report
Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Wednesday, February 22, 2012,
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is still working on a report on the operation of the floodgates on the Pompton River dam.
“We’re still working on the report,” said Larry Hajna, a DEP spokesman. “The goal is the release the findings later this month.”
Governor Chris Christie last year said the report would be complete Feb. 1.
Christie after touring flood-ravaged areas in the Passaic River Flood Basin after Hurricane Irene struck the area in August of last ye...
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Pennacchio Proposes $2 Billion Bond to Remediate Passaic River Flooding
Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Tuesday, October 25, 2011,
Senator Joe Pennacchio, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, announced today that he is proposing a $2 billion bond issue to alleviate flooding along the Passaic River. The bond issue would have to be approved by voters.
“The Passaic River has been flooding severely for decades, and following Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee is it obvious that the Passaic River Basin needs a long-term permanent fix,” Pennacchio began. “I have had preliminary conversations wit...
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Lowe's Scraps Rt. 46 Plan
Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Monday, October 17, 2011,
A plan by Lowe's to build a 137,000-square-foot home improvement store plus a garden center on the site of a junkyard on westbound Route 46 in Montville has been scrapped, the company said.
A planner for Lowe's e-mailed the town last month saying the company was backing off its plan to build, Mayor Jim Sandham said.
Sandham said the e-mail from Lowe's didn't give a clear reason for the change of course. He said Montville officials would be seeing if anything can be done to save the project....
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Legislation to provide Irene relief could face long delay
Posted by Thomas Mancuso on Friday, October 14, 2011,
BY JOHN REITMEYER AND MICHAEL GARTLAND
STATE HOUSE BUREAU
State House Bureau
Legislation that would get money to North Jersey communities hit hard by Hurricane Irene this year cleared the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Thursday, but could now face a long delay due to election-year politics.
The committee, which listened to testimony from several local elected officials from North Jersey, passed two flood-relief measures sponsored by Sen. Robert Gordon, D-
Fair Lawn,...