Take A Look At An “Overburdened Environmental Justice Community” Under NJ EJ Law
West Windsor, NJ
Something Is Seriously Wrong With This Picture
Source: NJ DEP Environmental Justice Mapping, Assessment, And Protection Tool
The move in Mercer County’s upscale suburb of West Windsor to seek diversion of federal COVID funds for open space acquisition to block a proposed warehouse was based, in part, on air pollution impacts from truck traffic: (NJ Spotlight):
Critics of the West Windsor proposal said air quality would deteriorate, pedestrian safety would be endangered by a surge in truck traffic and the development would ruin the quality of life in a quiet neighborhood.
Well, it occurred to me that West Windsor is defined as a “overburdened environmental justice community” under NJ’s “historic” environmental justice law. (see map above).
According to US Census data: (July, 2022)
- The median household income is $175,707
- The median house cost $629,700
- 82.6% of residents have a bachelor’s degree or higher education
Given that his Governor’s office has 11 people working on the issue, maybe Gov. Murphy can enforce his “historic” environmental justice law to protect those suburban McMansions in West Windsor.
[End Note: BTW, speaking of overburdened air pollution, has DEP adopted those seriously flawed proposed environmental justice regulations yet?