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The site would also provide more than 1,700 individual parking spaces for employees and visitors. The preliminary site plan indicates that the warehouse would have in excess of 50 loading docks and provide parking for close to 500 truck trailers.
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Workers, 10% of whom would be management and 90% of whom would be general warehouse workers, would be paid an and average of $18 an hour with full benefits, including healthcare, 401Ks, and company-paid educational programs. The project calls for the creation of 1,000 full-time jobs and some additional seasonal jobs.
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The proposed warehouse is described as a "fulfillment center." Amazon said fulfillment centers are locations where merchandise, sold and purchased on its web site, is trucked in by tractor-trailers and then sent to delivery centers, where Amazon's ubiquitous blue vans are filled and prepared for home and business deliveries. Maura Kennedy, an economic development manager for Amazon, has said that the warehouse "is going to be one of our largest facilities and one of our most sophisticated facilities." Kennedy also said that Amazon is looking to be "proactive" in addressing noise, traffic and other community concerns. Amazon has noted that the project location has been "long targeted for development." The proposal calls for the construction of a 3 million square foot, five-story facility on 216 acres near Niagara Falls International Airport. The town planning board also asked Amazon representatives to offer "further alternatives" for dealing with the expected traffic congestion around the proposed warehouse facility targeted for 8995 Lockport Road.Īmazon has already received approval of its preliminary site plan and request for variances from the Niagara County Planning Board. The four-member board cited a desire to hear a response from Amazon to concerns from the residents near the proposed development. The Niagara town planning board, at an April meeting, voted to table a preliminary site plan and request for variances for the warehouse project. "Not to Amazon who could give two (expletive) about the people here." "Pay attention to the people who live here," Taylor urged the town council. Robert Taylor said he pays $7,000 a year in property taxes for a home on Packard Road near the proposed warehouse site.
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John Kuamme asked whether his property taxes would be reduced "as my standard living goes down." Some questioned Amazon's labor practices, calling the internet retailing giant "not a good company." Others living close to the proposed project site complained about fumes and noise from big rigs coming and going from the warehouse. "You take that away from us? It's heartbreaking," D'Antuono said. She said the back yard pool is a joy for her young grandchildren, including one with autism. The dust from the construction will be in my pool." I think (the warehouse project) is insane, because of the traffic. "I lose sleep at night worrying about it. "I love my back yard, I love my pool, but when I heard about this project I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach," D'Antuono said. Jeanne D'Antuono, who said she's lived on Lockport Road for 39 years, said worries about the project are keeping her awake at night. "We're waiting for more information," Wallace said. Wallace told him that the DOT had asked for additional time to complete its study and that planning board and town board meetings scheduled to consider the project's approval had been moved back to the end of May.