Another Public Hearing For Heartland Project Scheduled

BRENTWOOD, NY - Another public hearing for the Heartland Town Square development in Brentwood has been scheduled for next week after an objection was filed by Town of Huntington officials.

The meeting to discuss multi-million project will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 19 starting at 6 p.m. at the Rose Caracappa Auditorium in the W.H. Rogers Legislature Building on 725 Veterans Memorial Highway in Smithtown.

Written comments may be submitted before the hearing to:

Andrew P. Freleng, Chief Planner, Suffolk County Planning Commission, Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning, P.O. Box 6100 — 11th Floor, Hauppauge, NY 11788.

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In July, the Islip Town Board unanimously voted to approve a zoning change for the project so that the 450-acre property purchased by Jerry Wolkoff back in 2002 for a total of $20 million so that construction could begin.

The zone change allows for the construction of 9,000 apartments, 3.2 million square feet of office space as well as 1 million square feet of retail built over the next 32 years.

However, following the vote last month Huntington officials sent a letter expressing concern that the development could cause traffic issues on Commack Road and the Sagtikos Parkway, according to a report in Newsday.

At the last public meeting held in April, hundreds of local residents and business owners spoke out both for and against the project.