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Hotel Booking A railroad says its plan to fill in 70 acres of wetlands in North Bergen will benefit the environment by reducing air pollution. The New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp. wants to expand its rail yard onto a vacant 94-acre property owned by former U.S. Rep. Frank Guarini.

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Cheap Hotel "It would be less air pollution, less traffic, less highway deterioration,'' said the lawyer, Kevin Coakley, who is based in Roseland. "No one would dispute that valuable wetlands ought to be preserved, but this is not a valuable wetland."

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Flight Booking State officials and environmentalists disagree. They say the Guarini property, near the Lincoln Tunnel approach road, belongs in the 8,400-acre preserve planned for the Meadowlands.

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Travel Agent "You don't destroy wetland habitat for a barely measurable air quality improvement,'' said Bill Sheehan, head of the environmental group Hackensack Riverkeeper.

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Hotel Chicago Wetlands are seen as valuable wildlife habitats that also help prevent flooding and filter the waterways. Under the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission's recently adopted master plan, the Guarini tract is zoned for preservation.

Online Booking Nathan Fenno, a railway vice president, said federal law exempts the railway from local zoning ordinances.

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Hotel Reservation The matter is now before the state Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

London Hotel Booking "We're proceeding on the basis that it's going to be developed,'' Coakley said.

Discount Travel Fenno said the railroad had plans to purchase the Guarini property, but he declined to say for how much.

Orlando Hotel He said the railroad would lay between 2,000 and 3,000 yards of track to connect with the existing line.

Booking Agency Company officials said the current railroad yard - essentially a parking lot with a few buildings - is where used cars, lumber, construction debris, and other items are shipped out to various locations.

International Travel Medical They couldn't provide a firm number on how many trucks an expanded yard would take off the road.

New York Hotel But they pointed to a report by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials that said: "If all freight-rail were shifted to trucks tomorrow, it would add 92 billion truck vehicle-miles of travel (VMT) to the highway system.''

Online Travel Booking Coakley said the railroad would upgrade wetlands elsewhere in the Meadowlands if it fills acreage on the Guarini tract, pointing to that as another environmental benefit. Sheehan called that an old argument.

Travel Medical Insurance "Let's get on with the business of preserving the Meadowlands,'' Sheehan said.

Miami Hotel By Lisa Goodnight
Bergen Record - 1/23/2004

Topic: Meadowlands

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