Proposed Yeshiva In Clarkstown Faces Question of Traffic At Planning Board Meeting

by Monsey.info

Representatives from Congregation Kollel Lomdei Shas in Spring Valley faced questions regarding traffic concerns this past week at a Planning Board meeting regarding a proposed Girl’s School in New City.

The developers plan to demolish two single-family homes, combine the lots, and construct a 37,455 square-foot private school for 600 students (K-8), is a hard sell on the local community worried of congestion concerns.

“The traffic issues need to be addressed,” said Ira Emanuel, who is representing the congregation. Yet according to the developer, the traffic issue is really not as bad as people think.

Using a study by The Multi Group of Companies who conducted a traffic study, there is actually no large congestion concern based on a sister school.

“There is no traffic on Route 45 in the morning in Chestnut Ridge,” said Rokowsky, the Executive Director of the Bais Yaakov Elementary School in Chestnut Ridge. “No backup. Zero.”

With the anticipated 90% of the girls using school buses and 50 parking spaces, Rokowsky estimated little change to the traffic patterns.

According to rcbizjournal.com, Board Chairman Gil Heim and member Phillip DeGaetano showed an obvious degree of disbelief to the claim.

The next hearing on 31-41 has been set for Oct. 20th.