To the Mayor:
Disappointed by 571
Mr. Mayor, as a resident of West Windsor for 19 years and parent of three children who have grown up in this town, I have been embarrassed and disappointed by the representation by our mayor and town council of the 571 redevelopment process.
How can you and your council, as residents of this town, be proud with the abandoned strip that represents this town? We have seen neighboring towns agree and build beautiful and inviting main streets in a short time. As a non-political resident, it seems all that is agreed on, is to disagree.
All I can say is that it has been incredibly disappointing that West Windsor, a town with blue-ribbon schools and upscale homes, would tolerate this deteriorating representation of our town. I hope that you and your council can agree on a plan soon.
Jaime Davila
Compare Junction To Bordentown
News of the green light on the Bordentown Transit Center project makes me wonder about the Princeton Junction Train Station project. Just to put it into perspective, Bordentown Transit Village is a $175 million project, covering more than 100 acres of land. The project even won a federal grant of $250,000. The project with walking trail, boardwalk along the river, apartments, club house, and retail shops, will put Bordentown on the map. The Bordentown rail has only been in business since 2004.
In comparison, Princeton Junction train station has a proven volume of traffic. Instead, we lost the grant from NJ DOT, among other things. After several years of debates we are not any closer to resolving the differences between all the interested parties.
West Windsor Township is surrounded by success stories of Plainsboro Town Center, Robbinsville Town Center, and Hamilton Town Center, and West Windsor can not even attract business to come in to take over the old Acme site and other shut-down businesses near the train station. What a contrast. I can not help but wonder what is wrong with West Windsor.
Joseph Sun
6 Barnard Place, West Windsor
