Dear Mayor Ganim and members of the City of Bridgeport Zoning Board:

The undersigned citizens of Bridgeport believe it is time to stop moving polluting industries to our neighborhoods. Specifically, we do not want O&G’s concrete and asphalt recycling plant moved to Howard Ave. Such a plant would:

• Reduce air quality
• Increase the asthma risk among children
• Increase likelihood of other respiratory diseases
• Pollute our waterways
• Create an eyesore next to Seaside Park
• Ruin recreational opportunities for the area
• Produce unwanted noise
• Create nuisance dust,
• Discourage more positive development
• Reduce property values
• Increase truck traffic

We strongly ask you to not grant O&G’s Special Permit request to release dust into our air and waterways, store hazardous materials in the open, and store materials in a Coastal zone. None of this conforms to our Master Plan, and O&G’s request disregards the common sense written into our zoning regulations.