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Residents’ studies

Research by local residents on what proposed development would mean for the roads, water and schools we share, built from public data and cited so anyone can check it.

Traffic

Traffic on Route 9 and Route 9D

Travel times and speeds for every half hour of the week on the two roads through Wappingers Falls, from Google Maps, with live readings every 30 minutes.

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Water

The Village wells and the aquifer

Where the area’s drinking water comes from, river or wells, and the area each source serves; the Village wells’ protection zones and where The Ridge sits in relation to them.

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Schools

The Ridge and Wappingers schools

The three schools The Ridge would feed, how full they are, what the district already expects, and how many students 198 homes would add.

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Brownfields

Brownfield Opportunity Areas

Where the State-backed brownfield reuse areas and cleanup sites are in the Poughkeepsie, Hyde Park, Wappinger and LaGrange area, how big they are, and where they stand.

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Sewers

Sewer capacity in storms

Which sewer systems overflow or run out of room in heavy rain, where, and what each is doing about it, including the plant The Ridge would rely on.

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