Airmont, NY - Development Moving Forward

Airmont, NY - Despite serious traffic concerns, plans for a 160-unit condominium complex in an increasingly congested area of Ramapo moved forward last night.
By a 4-3 vote, the town's Planning Board declared that the proposed Blueberry Commons complex, off Route 306 in Monsey, would not have an adverse environmental impact. Board members questioned a traffic study, provided by Hawthorne-based John Collins Engineering P.C., which showed that traffic in the area would not be significantly worsened along the busy state road.

"Whenever you develop, you get traffic," said board member Joseph Brunson, addressing Collins. "Do you agree that in the future this road will get worse?"

"Whenever a car dealer sells a car, you get traffic," Collins answered. "In the future, this road and every road in Rockland County will get worse."

Howard Josephs, president of Blueberry Commons LLC, is proposing five multi-family apartment buildings on 10 acres near Route 306 and Kearsing Parkway.