Public hearing next Wednesday on Knolls of Dover FEIS

DOVER — A public hearing on the Knolls of Dover development’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) will be held next Wednesday, March 24, after the Town Board voted 4-1 recently to accept the document as complete. The hearing will be held in the Dover Middle/High School auditorium.

The Benjamin Companies has been working to develop the site of the former Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center in Wingdale since 2003. The plan is to convert the site into a mixed-use community centering around an existing train station. The current proposal includes building 1,376 dwellings in a wide variety of units on the 931 acre-site.

There are plans for approximately 245,500 square feet of commercial space and 77,000 square feet of community and recreation space in addition to the housing units. The entire development is centered around the Wingdale train stop on the Metro-North MTA line.

The 6:30 p.m. hearing on March 24 will give the public the opportunity to address the FEIS as well as the master development plan and design guidelines. The development team will also be holding a job fair for construction jobs on the project prior to the meeting.

“We have reached a significant and critical milestone in this process and are nearing the end,†said Denise Coyle of the Knolls of Dover development team. “Once we complete the SEQRA [State Environmental Quality Review Act]  process, we can proceed with the demolition phase and bring much needed jobs to the area.â€

The Knolls of Dover FEIS may be examined in full at the town’s Web site, townofdover.us.

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