E-Commerce Mega-Warehouse Complex Proposed in Industrial Park
NorthPoint Development has an agreement with the town of Tiverton to buy the remaining undeveloped land in the Tiverton Industrial Park plus 175 acres of privately owned woodland adjacent to and south of the Park that abut North Christopher Avenue.
The regional warehouse center will consist of five huge warehouses:
These vast areas of impervious surface will create runoff that will find its way into nearby wetlands and streams which drain into Sin and Flesh Brook. From there the runoff will flow into and pollute Nanaquaket Pond and the Sakonnet River.
There are three schools very close to the Northpoint proposal: Ranger Elementary School, Tiverton High School and Tiverton Middle School. The largest of the warehouses (#4 & #5) are practically in the backyard of Ranger Elementary School. Diesel-fueled 18-wheeler trucks traveling to and idling at those warehouses will be sending harmful diesel-fuel particulate in the direction of all three schools.
This website details the harmful effect of diesel-fuel exhaust, especially on children:
Free Shipping Isn't Free for Everyone: What Diesel Exhaust Does to the Human Body
Other questions that have yet to be answered:
This article covers the negative impacts of mega-warehouses, including air pollution, traffic congestion, and stormwater runoff:
The Big Picture: Mega-Warehouses Take Toll on Environment, Localities
Want some good news? Watch this 26-minute video on how the residents of Elwood, IL, (population 2,000) defeated the NorthPoint warehouse complex proposed in their town. Get ready to be inspired!
The regional warehouse center will consist of five huge warehouses:
- 1,736,000 square footage of buildings = 39.85 acres
- Approx. 1,736,000 sq. ft. of concrete loading docks & roadways = 39.85 acres
- Total impervious surface = 79.7 acres
These vast areas of impervious surface will create runoff that will find its way into nearby wetlands and streams which drain into Sin and Flesh Brook. From there the runoff will flow into and pollute Nanaquaket Pond and the Sakonnet River.
There are three schools very close to the Northpoint proposal: Ranger Elementary School, Tiverton High School and Tiverton Middle School. The largest of the warehouses (#4 & #5) are practically in the backyard of Ranger Elementary School. Diesel-fueled 18-wheeler trucks traveling to and idling at those warehouses will be sending harmful diesel-fuel particulate in the direction of all three schools.
This website details the harmful effect of diesel-fuel exhaust, especially on children:
Free Shipping Isn't Free for Everyone: What Diesel Exhaust Does to the Human Body
Other questions that have yet to be answered:
- How many truck trips will be made to the warehouse facility in a 24-hour period?
- What will be the daytime /nighttime hours of those truck trips?
- How much noise will be generated by the trucks?
- The Industrial Park has only one entrance and one main road. How will truck traffic be managed, especially to the town's new transfer station to be built in the Industrial Park when the landfill is closed at the end of November?
- How will bottleneck traffic jams on Fish Road at the entrance to the Industrial Park near the ramp to Rte. 24 North and at the Rte. 24 southbound exit to Fish Road be managed?
- How do nearby homeowners cope with the decrease in their property values?
This article covers the negative impacts of mega-warehouses, including air pollution, traffic congestion, and stormwater runoff:
The Big Picture: Mega-Warehouses Take Toll on Environment, Localities
Want some good news? Watch this 26-minute video on how the residents of Elwood, IL, (population 2,000) defeated the NorthPoint warehouse complex proposed in their town. Get ready to be inspired!
