The land that is up for development is a highly sensitive area featuring a large population of wildlife including many birds, reptiles and amphibians. The property this is in refernce to is on the North side of Route 202, west of Palisades Parkway Entrance South. This area is a wetland and should be protected. It seems that it may have been declared not to be a wetland, but the site contains many plants which only live in wetland ecosystems. That being said, there has been a lot of land disturbance on the property and the earth has been moved quite a bit. Beisdes the ecological influences, development of this land into a Walmart with possible housing, would wipe out local businesses which in the long run will hurt the local economy and not help the already sky high taxes in the Town of Ramapo. There will be a lot of congestion on the state road in front of the new mall as well. All of this will forever change the lifestyle, health, and well being of many residents and business owners. It must be stopped!
SIGN THE PETITION:
http://www.change.org/petitions/walmart-and-the-development-of-a-wetland-on-route-202-in-pomona-ny-discontinue-development-on-this-ecologically-and-socially-sensitive-area
