(The Center Square) – The online shopping industry, and the multi-billion dollar logistics and distribution network at its core, depend on Pennsylvania’s roads, land and workers for its warehouses.
And yet, environmental groups say that zoning ordinances for these facilities fall short, leaving the state’s land, air and water vulnerable to destruction.
Critics say that along with the economic success of the facilities comes traffic congestion, noise, drainage concerns, air pollution and land degradation. During a webinar earlier this month to discuss PennFuture’s model ordinance, Our Poconos Waters – an environmental advocacy group – said diesel emissions from increased truck traffic alone not only impact climate change, but damage crops, trees and vegetation and contribute to respiratory illness throughout the region.
The impacts could be mitigated, advocates say, by identifying properties that can be developed without as much environmental disruption. New provisions could also limit the “end user” of a new warehouse – a technical term that refers to developers’ habit of building facilities before securing a buyer – to fitting its operations into existing zoning requirements.
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