We were expecting to be in the Holmdel Zoning Board of Adjustment on Wednesday, 1st. November, to strenuously object to the Andrews Management Group/KIP 20 proposal to pave over five acres of farmland, this time with an office complex. However, this item has been pulled from the agenda at the last minute. "This item will not be heard and will be carried & re-noticed to a future Zoning Board meeting."

This is out of zoning, and we're hearing that one issue with the proposal is the total lack of a traffic analysis, as is required for the use variance. Specifically, in the Andrews/KIP20 engineering review it is stated: "Item 13 Statement of traffic impact due to the use variance. The Applicant has requested a waiver of this item."

This is how KIP20 has proceeded all along, to do a fraction of the required work and try to browbeat the township into compliance. It worked last time, when a "completeness waiver" was granted as it was apparently a "hardship" to follow zoning laws and regulations.

You probably don't need a traffic analysis if you intend to replace a historic house with a McMansion, but if your choice is an office complex or sports facility then, yup, that's needed. We can all imagine what Exit 114 will be like with even more traffic!