Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • February 15, 2012 Wyckoff Traffic expert testifies at ShopRite site plan hearing consisted of testimony by Jay Troutman, a traffic expert retained by the applicant. Under questioning by James Jaworsky, the attorney who represents ShopRite, Troutman offered his opinion that the intersection of Wyckoff and Greenwood avenues was “in the running” for a traffic light. However, Troutman said he did not think the traffic light was mandatory based on current standards. “It’s still, in my opinion, a candidate,” Troutman told the planning board. The additional green spaces which ShopRite had agreed to add at a previous meeting – six small traffic islands with trees, shrub, and other plantings on the Greenwood Avenue berm -- were also displayed on a schematic at last week’s session. Wyckoff Mayor Christopher De Phillips, who also serves on the planning board, took some questions from reporters. The mayor had told the Wyckoff Township Committee and audience on Feb. 7 that he had been somewhat surprised when Gail Price, the attorney for Stop & Shop, had filed a request for the entire transcript of the lengthy ShopRite hearings. Former Mayor Kevin Rooney A site plan of the proposed ShopRite. By John Koster The hearing of the Inserra site plan application, which would permit construc- tion of a new ShopRite at the former A&P site at Wyckoff and Greenwood avenues, continued at last week’s Wyckoff Planning Board meeting. Last week’s session also said he was surprised, especially since the objectors opposed to ShopRite have retained a courtroom stenographer who attends every meeting and makes verbatim accounts of the testimony. The schedule at present calls for cross examination of Troutman at the Feb. 27 meeting, which is being specially convened to cover the ShopRite case. Any additional expert testimony either side has to offer may be presented at the split meeting on March 14, where the ShopRite application will be considered after other matters are discussed. Residents who wish to comment on the proposal will have a chance to speak, based on the present planning board advanced schedule, on March 26. ShopRite had previously complied with requests for more shade trees and changes in the exterior of the building to make the façade more compatible with Wyckoff’s “rural residential” image. The plans, however, are being questioned by the management of Stop & Shop, by the Hekemian Company that owns the land on which the nearby Boulder Run Shopping Center stands, and by some residents in the vicinity.