Franklin Park Council Rejects Proposed Landfill

West View Water indicates it will appeal a vote by Franklin Park Borough Council to deny a conditional use permit for a a proposed West View Water landfill, which the utility wants to build near its existing water tank off of Brandt School Road. 


The 5-acre site would hold excavated materials from sites of water main repairs.

A group of Franklin Park residents has been fighting the proposal. 

Jake Pultorak lives in the Ramblewood neighborhood, within eyeshot of the proposed landfill.

"That area is zone R-2 residential and solid waste facilities are prohibited," Pultorak said. "Several letters from West View Water’s own attorney even stated that this fill is in fact solid waste and construction waste from roadside construction or demolition, which plainly categorizes this use as solid waste disposal or storage site."

This is not the first time Franklin Park residents have battled with West View Water. In 1993, the utility took Franklin Park to court over the borough's rejection of a proposed truck garage at the same site. After years of litigation, the courts ultimately sided with the borough.

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