Phillipsburg council OKs riverside site for industrial use; library told to pay $160K
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The Phillipsburg Town Council met virtually Tuesday night and approved measures establishing industrial riverfront zoning and telling the library to pay the town $160,000 from an excess surplus.Steve Novak | For lehighvalleylive.com
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The Phillipsburg Town Council on Tuesday approved a pair of controversial measures rezoning a riverside site for industrial use, and telling the Phillipsburg Free Public Library that it owes the town $160,000.
The council vote was 3-2 on both measures, each time with Councilmembers Frank McVey, Bobby Fulper and Randy Piazza Jr. in favor and Harry Wyant and Danielle DeGerolamo dissenting.
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Phillipsburg eyes industrial uses along Delaware River, instead of homes
Updated Jan 24, 2021;
Posted Jan 24, 2021
Phillipsburg Town Council Vice President Bobby Fulper, from left, and President Frank McVey tour undeveloped land between Howard Street and the Delaware River that they support rezoning from residential to industrial, in a screenshot from a Facebook Live broadcast Jan. 20, 2021.Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com
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But downriver, past the railroad bridges and Delaware River Park and the Phillipsburg Pistol Club, town officials now say they want to see an expansion of the town’s industrial base.
Town council last week voted 3-2 to direct the Phillipsburg Planning Board to draw up a rezoning from residential to industrial for the wooded, undeveloped land between the industrial uses on Howard Street and the Delaware River. Councilman Harry Wyant Jr., raising concerns about truck traffic downtown, voted no along with Councilwoman Danielle DeGerol