Mayors, other local officials, will review the report before it is issued to the public.
A report on the operation of the floodgates on the Pompton River dam is being reviewed by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). DEP spokesman Lawrence Hajna said local officials, including mayors and township engineers in the Passaic River Flood Basin, would also review the report before it is made public. Hajna said the DEP is in the process of scheduling a meeting with the officials to discuss the report. He did not say when the meeting would occur. “We want to give local officials the courtesy of reviewing the report first,” Hajna said. AECOM, an international, technical and management support services firm based in California, is also reviewing the report, Hajna said. Wayne Mayor Christopher Vergano declined to …
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Buyouts, dredging, and changing the way local floodgates are operated are all part comprehensive plan.
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 Women Voters. “Then the basin can flood and no one will care because no one will be in harm’s way.” Wayne has already received $6.3 million of dollars to purchase homes in the worst flooded areas of the township, including Riverside Drive, Riverlawn Drive, and …
Rob Burke
5:52 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012
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