Petition to Ruthanne Fuller, Mayor and the Newton City Council
We, the undersigned, petition Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and the Newton City Council to protect the villages of Newton Lower Falls and Auburndale, now threatened by the current proposal by Mark Development. The project, which seeks to construct 1.425 million square feet of residential and commercial space at Riverside, including two 210-foot towers, will:
• insert a new urban neighborhood of unprecedented scope and density between the existing villages;
• increase existing traffic congestion on the Grove Street corridor and at all intersections and side streets throughout the surrounding neighborhoods;
• negatively impact the quality of life in NLF and Auburndale;
• jeopardize the historic, political, and social fabric of our communities.
In 2013, the City Council approved a development agreement, after five years of negotiations and considerable community input, that incorporated the stated interests of the community. We ask our elected officials to honor that agreement and protect our villages by rejecting the massive plan proposed by Mark Development.
Updates
November 15, 2018
The scale of this response confirms that our concerns regarding the Riverside project have reached the city leadership. I am currently coordinating with legal counsel to draft the formal testimony we will present at the next zoning committee hearing.
12 Comments
Traffic issues alone are reason enough to scale back this massive out-of-scale project. But environmental impact should be of grave concern to everyone.
Did you happen to go through this neighborhood on the day of the Red Sox parade? Huge traffic jam, cars parked on every residential street. That will become a daily occurrence, I'm afraid if development of this scale is allowed. Auburndale residents already fight traffic daily to get through the square, with so many cars coming on and off the Pike and 128. How much more should we accept?
While we support developing the area around Riverside, this project is massive. The size of the project needs to be limited.
Not opposed to development. Just this size of this proposed project.
Traffic, traffic, traffic
Please scale back to the agreements reached.
This proposed development is simply much too big. It must be scaled back to the size of the size of the originally agreed development for the site.
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Petition to Ruthanne Fuller, Mayor and the Newton City Council
We, the undersigned, petition Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and the Newton City Council to protect the villages of Newton Lower Falls and Auburndale, now threatened by the current proposal by Mark Development. The project, which seeks to construct 1.425 million square feet of residential and commercial space at Riverside, including two 210-foot towers, will:
• insert a new urban neighborhood of unprecedented scope and density between the existing villages;
• increase existing traffic congestion on the Grove Street corridor and at all intersections and side streets throughout the surrounding neighborhoods;
• negatively impact the quality of life in NLF and Auburndale;
• jeopardize the historic, political, and social fabric of our communities.
In 2013, the City Council approved a development agreement, after five years of negotiations and considerable community input, that incorporated the stated interests of the community. We ask our elected officials to honor that agreement and protect our villages by rejecting the massive plan proposed by Mark Development.
Updates
November 15, 2018
The scale of this response confirms that our concerns regarding the Riverside project have reached the city leadership. I am currently coordinating with legal counsel to draft the formal testimony we will present at the next zoning committee hearing.
12 Comments
Not against new housing, just opposed to the size of this project and the impact it will have in the villages.
Traffic issues alone are reason enough to scale back this massive out-of-scale project. But environmental impact should be of grave concern to everyone.
Did you happen to go through this neighborhood on the day of the Red Sox parade? Huge traffic jam, cars parked on every residential street. That will become a daily occurrence, I'm afraid if development of this scale is allowed. Auburndale residents already fight traffic daily to get through the square, with so many cars coming on and off the Pike and 128. How much more should we accept?
While we support developing the area around Riverside, this project is massive. The size of the project needs to be limited.
Not opposed to development. Just this size of this proposed project.
Traffic, traffic, traffic
Please scale back to the agreements reached.
This proposed development is simply much too big. It must be scaled back to the size of the size of the originally agreed development for the site.
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Not against new housing, just opposed to the size of this project and the impact it will have in the villages.