The Fight Is Not Over

The battle to save our neighborhood  to cut a commuter road through the parking lot of an apartment complex – and pass  an elementary school is still going on.

With the start of the new year, we are working to bring new awareness to the  awful plan of  turning the Carteret waterfront into an intensely developed, Hoboken-style entertainment center.

The  plan for the waterfront  – which was made without any public input –  includes a proliferation of bars, clubs, hotels and restaurants — and a commuter ferry.

We are not opposed to the waterfront redevelopment. But we are opposed to the  development destroying our safe, peaceful neighborhood by running an unnecessary commuter road through a beautiful secluded complex.

We are opposed to the plan to extend Carteret Avenue through a residential parking lot and between several, apartment complexes, where children live and play. 

We are opposed to the town’s plan to use the Carteret Avenue Extension as the primary route for hundreds of commuters rushing by the Columbus Elementary School and the Carteret Middle School each morning and evening.

The proposed road extension will be the primary route for bar and restaurant patrons visiting the waterfront. 

There is an alternative to the Carteret Avenue Extension.

Existing roads that were built to handle high volumes of traffic, can and should be used to provide access to the waterfront ferry, bars and restaurants. Using the existing roads will NOT endanger school children, pedestrians, or destroy the quality of life of residents.