Why is meeting this important being held over the summer while people are away? Whey not postpone until September. A project this large effects Holmdel and Middletown residents. This will really change the look of Red Hill Road/ Crawfords Corner intersection. YOu should see the traffic on a Friday........

Although my prior comments were deleted by the editors of the Patch (so much for the 1st Amendment of the constitution), this application should be denied.

Marylou, if additional parking is needed that's fine. Better than all those cars being parked on the grass along Red Hill ROad. Unfortunately, this COmmunity center will be very large and certainly out of place with the looks of the community. If it were downsized, similar to St. Catharine's Church, and set back .....fine. These large, stucco buildings really look awful! So what next, the house next to the center will be sold, more parking spots, etc.......... I wish it would look like the Baptist Church or St Mary's .....exact opposite!

It's fundamentally Un-American to oppose a house of worship .

It's fundamentally un-american that I can't have an opinion! Why don't you re-read my post.......extra parking...fine by me. Mosque is already there. I have no problem with that either as you can see. I feel a large building on that corner will ruin the landscape of the area. If I liked that look, I would have stayed in the city. That's my opinion and I'm allowed to have it.......right, we are in the USA as far as I know.

This application Must be Denied primarily based on traffic safety. It's a nightmarish, dangerous situation for local residents who must travel this road daily. As a Holmdel resident I've had four near miss accidents due to reckless, speeding drivers entering and exiting the Mosque property that sits on top of Red Hill Road in the past two years. Many of their worshippers have shown a total lack of respect and observance for traffic laws and other drivers. My only mistake is that I haven't taken down the license plate and reported these lunatic drivers to the police. And, I'm far from the only one who has had this experience. A building of that size that brings Hundreds of people to it's location at one time, should never have been allowed to be contructed at that location, Red Hill Road is not designed to accomodate the amount of traffic this Mosque creates within a short amount of time. This has nothing to do with being Un-American or denying a house of worship. A facility of this magnitude should have been constructed at a larger location proportionate to the size of it's use and setback from the roadway.

The house of worship is located in Middletown but sits right on Holmdel border bearing down on top of Red Hill Road, and Directly off Parkway 114 N&S Exits, which I believe is the Parkway exit you would utilize for St Marys and New Monmouth Baptist located on Cherry Tree Farm Rd. Saturday and Sunday is NOT when the traffic problems occur. The issues happen Monday-Friday afternoons and rush hour when traffic operates at it's peak. I dont care if it were a Church,Temple, or Mosque the issue remains... it's a large facility that brings in hundreds of people at one time and traffic pattern impacts have been ignored by Middletown. Unfortunately Holmdel residents have no say and very few Middletown residents are impacted.

Perhaps not a bad idea,Martin,but i can guarantee you they could proopse to build a mosque in the middle of nowhere and people would still complain.

PEOPLE GOING TO HOUSES OF WORSHIP LIVE LOCALLY. MAYBE THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY SHOULD LOOK INTO BUILDING MOSQUES CLOSER TO WHERE THEY LIVE. ADDITIONAL 105 PARKING SPACES??????