To the Editor:

There is a Long Beach Township Land Use Board meeting on Jan. 14. I am writing to protest any building on the 24-acre wetland site in Holgate adjoining Rosemma and Beck streets.

I once owned a home on Webster Avenue overlooking those wetlands. The houses on that street survived major damage from the Sandy storm probably due to the protection that land provided. Building more homes will only add to the problem of drainage and lack of absorption in this very narrow area of land.

January 12, 2015