morning but still looks tricky. yeah, we re not out of the woods yet. hoboken last night received the worst storm event that we ve had since super storm sandy. several streets in west hoboken are still flooded. passable as we wait for the water to be pumped out. just to give you some perspective, within eight hours, we had almost seven inches of rain. that puts us on par with hurricane irene, if you remember that. it was that type of rain event for us last night. neil: how was transit affected through this? you re a busy city in itself. but people are trying to get to new york and what have you. floods like that on the other side of the hudson the same deal, how did you handle that? yeah, you know when you have half a city under water, traffic comes to a standstill.
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An artist’s rendering of the Monarch project in Hoboken.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“Not only will this newly revised settlement preserve and protect our waterfront from development, it also adds almost 1.5 acres of public, open space in West Hoboken that would have otherwise been developed as a residential building,” Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in a joint statement.
“This deal is a win-win-win for Hoboken: preserving our waterfront, adding open space and adding commercial retail space while revitalizing an area of downtown Hoboken.”
The proposed agreement notes that Ironstate’s obligation to transfer 1.4 acres of undeveloped land at 8th and Monroe Streets to the city replaces the previous requirement of Ironstate to build the City a new municipal garage at 256 Observer Highway.
UpdatedThu, Feb 4, 2021 at 2:47 pm ET
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The Hoboken waterfront. (Caren Lissner/Patch)
HOBOKEN, NJ Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla said Tuesday that the city and Ironstate Development have agreed on a newly proposed settlement agreement that prevents two 11-story high-rise buildings from being built on Hoboken s waterfront and gives the city 1.4 acres of land for open space. In exchange, Ironstate would get to build an 11-story residential building at the site of the Municipal Garage near the city s southern border.
The proposed agreement will be presented to the City Council for consideration and a possible vote on Wednesday, Feb. 3. (Residents can get details of the agreement and speak at the virtual meeting using the links later in the story.)