State has right to decide
fate of concrete crusher
Marlboro Councilwoman Mary Singer doesn’t have her facts quite right in her letter to the News Transcript Aug. 16 about the plan to build a concrete recycling plant behind the new Kiddie Academy day care center on Tennent Road in Marlboro.
It’s actually the state Department of Environmental Protection, not the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders, that issues permits for these facilities. The decisions, though, are most definitely based in large part on the input from county and, yes, local municipal officials.
Mayor Matthew Scannapieco has already told the Monmouth County Solid Waste Advisory Council he favors moving the concrete crusher to the Tennent Road site. Whether that was ever discussed with the Township Council is a good question. To be fair, perhaps he didn’t realize then that it would be in close proximity to Kiddie Academy.
People on Tennent Road do not concur with the mayor’s recommendation. I doubt the parents of preschoolers thinking of enrolling them in day care want them subjected to the noise, dust and truck traffic.
The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders is supposed to hold a public hearing on this application in the fall. Those who think this mix of day care and concrete crushing is a bad one should plan to speak up then. See you there, council members?
Nadine Lawson
Marlboro

