Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban
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anon-4p63
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PostPosted: Sat, Sep 28 2019, 10:35 am EDT    Post subject: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

https://centraljersey.com/2019/09/25/monroe-townships-proposed-ban-on-tractor-trailers-causes-debate-in-cranbury/
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PostPosted: Sat, Sep 28 2019, 11:47 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

I agree with Monroe. Why should the residents have to deal with our truck traffic. Maybe the committee should of thought about the negative effects of allowing Amazon and Waifair into our town.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 7:17 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Our trucks don’t go down these roads from Monroe if you read MonroeNow you can see the Monroe Police who are independent have a very small tuck count compared to the Monroe engineer who once paid created a high truck count. If they are going to a half acre or prospect plains warehouse in Cranbury they use South river Rd. Just look at the 8A exit few trucks turn into Monroe. What Monroe is doing is pushing their trucks onto S River and 130 in Cranbury so they can avoid the residential areas of Monroe. You can’t tell a Monroe Truck from a cranbury truck so to avoid the delay of being stopped they will go into Cranbury for as long as they can. Also, Cranbury owns these roads along with monroe because they are county roads.

Amazon and Wayfair (which uses 130 not Station rd in Monroe) bring in millions of revenue to our township in taxes. The alternative is housing. That kills our schools, taxes and town. I understand a solution is proposed in the new master plan. But taking on more housing or the Monroe trucks is not the answer.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 8:52 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Regardless of how anyone feels about the towns relationship with Monroe, we still need representation at these meetings. That Matt voted no just shows how out of touch he is with politics and for what is best when representing the town.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 9:09 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Fully agree. If the county doesn’t know Cranbury is opposed then the county can give a handout to the Monroe voters and we get all their trucks on top of all their residential traffic. The county says we assumed you were okay as you never told us otherwise. If we are not on the record in monroe then the courts can say why didn’t you inform Monroe on the record of your opposition when you had the chance? It is not even political, it is just pure common sense.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 9:43 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

anon-q2r7 wrote:
I agree with Monroe. Why should the residents have to deal with our truck traffic. Maybe the committee should of thought about the negative effects of allowing Amazon and Waifair into our town.


Why should we have to deal with all of Monroe’s residents traveling through our town. This is just what happens in every town of New Jersey. People from all over nj travel to all different towns.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 2:12 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

anon-r5qq wrote:
anon-q2r7 wrote:
I agree with Monroe. Why should the residents have to deal with our truck traffic. Maybe the committee should of thought about the negative effects of allowing Amazon and Waifair into our town.


Why should we have to deal with all of Monroe’s residents traveling through our town. This is just what happens in every town of New Jersey. People from all over nj travel to all different towns.
Cars from Monroe don’t damage our roads, shake our houses, and rip down tree branches. We’ve had warehouses for a long time now, but never the volume of traffic these companies have brought with them.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 2:29 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Trucks should not be near homes on the residential side of 130. The county and state prohibited trucks from station rd in Cranbury. So do you want houses because that is the only other option.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 7:38 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Cranbury approved these Mega warehouses to build and conduct operations in our town. The truck traffic coming from Port Newark and Port Elizabeth should have been anticipated. Why has our Township approved an expenditure to send our Attorney to Monroe meetings. That interest and expense should be on the dime of the Corporations that have their warehouses here. Send their Corporate Attorneys at their expense not the Township attorney at the Taxpayers expense.
Let the Corporations also lobby for an Exit 8B off the Turnpike to service their Truck traffic. At one time in the past there was Exit 13 and then 14 Northbound on the Turnpike, then came 13A to service Port Elizabeth , move for 8B to service Port Cranbury that out Township committee has created.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 8:37 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

I don’t think anybody from town cares about what Monroe thinks or what the trucks do when they open their tax bills and it doesn’t look like west Windsor, Robbinsville, or Monroe taxes.
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PostPosted: Sun, Sep 29 2019, 9:04 pm EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Just to follow up the last poster. As a parent I love that the warehouses have allowed us to maintain a Blue ribbon school, keep Princeton, maintain my home value, preserve land and not make us a West windsor in taxes which would be a best case scenario. We could easily have been a Monroe with a failing school district where they need new schools and can’t afford them. Or a west windsor with over growth where they have township issues constantly.

We also can’t afford to have Monroe push their trucks into Cranbury. Cranbury Trucks don’t go into Monroe. However, if Monroe passes these restrictions we will have their trucks adding to our traffic which is what Monroe has always tried to do. That is why we need our Atty to represent us. He’s the best option to stop this. Just like we hire atty’s when we buy a home or plan our wills.
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PostPosted: Mon, Sep 30 2019, 9:44 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

anon-8sp4 wrote:
Cranbury approved these Mega warehouses to build and conduct operations in our town. The truck traffic coming from Port Newark and Port Elizabeth should have been anticipated. Why has our Township approved an expenditure to send our Attorney to Monroe meetings. That interest and expense should be on the dime of the Corporations that have their warehouses here. Send their Corporate Attorneys at their expense not the Township attorney at the Taxpayers expense.
Let the Corporations also lobby for an Exit 8B off the Turnpike to service their Truck traffic. At one time in the past there was Exit 13 and then 14 Northbound on the Turnpike, then came 13A to service Port Elizabeth , move for 8B to service Port Cranbury that out Township committee has created.


Who planned Liberty Way in Cranbury's Master Plan?
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PostPosted: Mon, Sep 30 2019, 9:53 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Liberty way is a town and county project stalled by wetlands and cost over 15 million. County pays half so the Town can’t move without the county.
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PostPosted: Mon, Sep 30 2019, 9:54 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Actually this might help with getting county or state funds to hrlp build the bridge
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PostPosted: Mon, Sep 30 2019, 10:15 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

anon-42n2 wrote:
Liberty way is a town and county project stalled by wetlands and cost over 15 million. County pays half so the Town can’t move without the county.


Was it known that these were sensitive wetlands when the masterplan was created? Completion of the project would certainly help with the issue.

How much of the cost will fall on Cranbuy residents?
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PostPosted: Mon, Sep 30 2019, 10:56 am EDT    Post subject: Re: Monroe Twp. Proposed Truck Ban Reply with quote

Considering the expense is split 50/50 between Cranbury and the county I doubt the county will want to take on a 7-10 million expense no matter the truck issues.

To the other poster yes, the wetland issue was known. The county did the engineering. It’s been a topic of discussion since inception.
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