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Stop & Shop Files Suit To Block ShopRite

The Boulder Run supermarket has filed a suit in an attempt to keep away one of its competitors after Wyckoff approved the project

Attorneys for Stop & Shop in Boulder Run have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the recent Planning Board approval of the ShopRite off Greenwood Avenue, NorthJersey.com reported.

The Wyckoff Planning Board voted unanimously to allow Inserra Supermarkets to build a ShopRite at the abandoned Greenwood Avenue commercial site back in November.

Stop & Shop officials are using traffic concerns, which accounted for much of the opposition's argument against the plan, to try to block the building of a competing supermarket, according to northjersey.com.

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Planning Board member and Township Committeeman Doug Christie was among those who raised concern about potential traffic issues back in November.

According to the suit, the planned supermarket is in violation of zoning regulations and would cause or exacerbate traffic and drainage problems in Wyckoff, NorthJersey.com reported.

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The next Wyckoff Planning Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8.


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