NJ Sierra Club Says Hoboken Flood Wall Proposal 'Won't Work'
Mayor Dawn Zimmer responded by saying that the Sierra Club's press release was based on "inaccurate assumptions" about the proposal.
The New Jersey Sierra Club heavily criticized Mayor Dawn Zimmer's proposal to build flood walls on the north and south side of Hoboken in a press release on Wednesday afternoon, alleging that only developers benefit from flood walls. "Main purpose of building the flood wall is so developers can build more high rises along the water front and rail yards," Tittel said. Tittel's statement went on to say that flood walls would result in a "rationalization for more development." "Nothing could be further from the truth," countered Zimmer, who is known to be wary about big development. The mayor continued to say that Tittel's opinion was based on "inaccurate assumptions about our proposal." "The wall would raise the water level with the water …
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TONY NEKOBOH
10:49 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
THE ANSWER IS...old hoboken never had these problems like today, if we can get all these yuppie liberals to leave & give back full control to the native residence the city would be in a much better state @ every level...liberals never solved anything in HISTORY! more ›