This Day in History: 1965-06-24
The Township Committee accused the State Highway Department of deceit and duplicity for having scheduled a public hearing in Franklin Lakes on the route of the proposed Route 287 without consulting Mahwah. After the first announcement of the route in February there had been a meeting with Mahwah officials in which they had asked for changes in the route to avoid some prime residential properties. The planned public hearing, scheduled for July 15th at 10:30 AM, showed the route unchanged from the original plans. The road was to enter Mahwah from Franklin Lakes near the intersection of Campgaw Road and Youngs Road, past Darlington Lake and Valley Road and intersecting with Route 17 at the foot of Stag Hill Road. The Township officials had asked for a route between the announced route and Valley Road since this was less used land. The Committee members expressed shock at having their wishes completely ignored. They vowed to take further steps to stop the plans. (Bristow)