Minimizing impervious surfaces
The Courant has an editorial that may be of interest to people concerned about the environmental impact on the proposed ND. And here is a link to a ten year study on rainwater runoff created by the construction of "impervious surfaces" (sidewalks, roads, roofs, etc.).
I hope such studies are seriously considered.
Tim White
11 comments:
The best solution is to kill this development. These people don't care about the environment.
There is no chance of any of the wildlife surviving and the runoff from such massive paving and roofing will affect the 10 mile river, the Quinnipiac and Long Island Sound. How many square ft of roof, access road, parking and sidewalks will this take? How much salt and oil will be sent into this beautiful river?
What people will do for money.
It's just that it's so damned unnecessary. Westfield is two exits away from the W/S site, and the entry ramp is right there. I'm sorry that the fine towns all around us have already been crammed full of retail, but let's learn from their mistakes.
Even if you had a purification tablet to kill bacteria and little critters, would you drink parking lot runoff? Of course not. It really is vile stuff.
from a Florida paper regarding their own development woes
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/18/Pasco/Parking_lot_runoff_ma.shtml
Parking lot runoff is an unsavory soup. Discarded food turns to mush. Petroleum products add a familiar rainbow tint to rushing rainwater. Asphalt contains its own volatile chemicals and heavy metals that seep into the environment.
It doesn't take much of certain chemicals to ruin a creek. A quart of motor oil can send a slick across 250,000 gallons of water. For a mall lot that attracts thousand of cars daily, a quart of oil is a drop in the bucket.
Mall proponents said they have yet to quantify how many petrochemicals, metals, pesticides, fertilizers and sediments would wash from their parkings lots and roofs.
How are residents going to benefit from this mall? I just hope the right people start to really weigh the costs vs the benefits.
Run-off was a BIG concern of the IWC for the Wadkins site. Many people fought this and they were a current town business. In steps Whole Foods and no problem with run-off. We have crazy standards and I wonder which way this is going to go. Go box turtles.
More than half of that area will be paved or built on. That is well over 2,000,000 sq ft. Over 40 Stop&Shops. Picture that in that space. How beautiful will it be?
"More than half of that area will be paved or built on. That is well over 2,000,000 sq ft."
What a wonderful legacy Paul Bowman and Doug Calcagni leave for the people of Cheshire. How can we ever thank them for paving this over.
I can't wait it will be great!
You must have blinders on and if can't wait go and explore there are many other places within a short drive. A hotel will be opening up soon near The Home Depot across from the truck stop etc, etc, etc.
Would a residential-only development mitigate this environmental disaster? I assume that would require less paving/parking than commercial.
"environmental disaster?"
"Residential only", would pack our schools even more than these exploiters current plan would.
The zoning never should have changed. Yes it is going to be a disaster, but a few people whose only iterest is money, will profit.
God forbid that someone makes money.
"God forbid that someone makes money."
They just don't care what it will do to the town and what it will cost the taxpayers so long as they can make more money.
Sell the schools and let the taxpayers pay for the schooling. Let the taxpayers pay for their tunnel.
Let the taxpayers pay for the additional infrastructure.
That's the way to make money.
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