The article in the Nashua Telegraph on May 16, 2020, concerning the proposed Logistics Center at the Green Meadow Golf course in Hudson NH was simply the sales pitch of the billionaire developer from Texas. No attempt to tell the whole story was made.

There was no input from those who will be most impacted from this project. These impacts will be a result of the trucks arriving to load and unload at the 363 docks 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The number of trucks estimated by the developer are 250 per day. With 363 loading docks available 24 hours a day we have no idea how high the actual number of trucks would be.

Noise, diesel exhaust, lighting, truck trips will all have a large negative impact on the quality of life, health, property devaluation, traffic congestion and road damage in the surrounding community.

An editorial then followed up on this subject by providing no meaningful information on these issues. It only seemed interested in tax money and jobs.

This distribution center is 2.5 million square feet of warehouse storage. Warehouse jobs are historically low paying with some of them being part time. With around the clock and weekend operations many of the jobs will be night and weekend shifts.

There are many articles on line about distribution centers and their effect on the surrounding communities. Some of the following are: Distribution Centers and Nearby Neighborhoods, Storing Harm: the Health and Community Impacts of Goods Movement and Warehousing and Logistics, The environmental fact sheet from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. These are just a few of many

The effects of a distribution center in Milford Ma, a town with a population similar to Hudson NH, was reported on by WCVBTV in February 2020. People interviewed voiced their frustration. “It’s just consistent backed up traffic. If we knew it was going to be like this I don’t think we would have allowed it in town.” Bill Buckley, the Chairman of the Milford Board of Selectmen, stated ” The benefit to taxes and revenue is far less than the (negative) impact they’re having on our community and quality of life.”

This is the single largest undertaking in the history of Hudson and will have impacts on our town for years to come.Once it’s in there is no going back,it’s there forever.

This is much too important to ” fast track “as recommended by The Telegraph.