Board presses applicant on truck routes, timing and pedestrian safety near Saw Mill corridor

Board members repeatedly raised traffic and pedestrian‑safety concerns during the Biomed Realty presentation, asking for explicit truck routes, limits on delivery hours and concrete mitigation for the Lawrence Street intersection and the Lofts apartment residents across Route 9A. "Could there be any conditions in terms of the time that they're able to leave and go to…?" the chair asked, citing early‑morning truck movements that can disturb nearby residents.

JMC consultants said trucks would be limited to two primary state‑approved paths — north toward the I‑87 ramps near Esherick Avenue or south toward the Tahoe Road/Route 87 ramps — and that New York State rules already prohibit full‑size tractor trailers from passing through certain local roads. Paul Sisak and Diego Villareal said the traffic study will be updated to the revised plan and that the board can require maximum trip caps and conditional approvals that would force a tenant to return if its operations exceed studied impacts. "If a tenant exceeds what was studied and the mitigations that were identified for that level of traffic, they conceivably would have to come back," staff said.

Board members asked for explicit truck‑route documentation, clearer time‑of‑day delivery restrictions, and a refreshed traffic analysis showing comparative trip volumes (fully occupied office vs. proposed warehouse vs. last‑mile distribution) before any final approval. The applicant committed to provide those materials and to work with the DOT and the town's traffic reviewer.