Grand Island, NY (WBEN) - It appears Amazon will no longer be bringing a massive distribution center to Grand Island.

Buffalo Business First reports that the the developer behind the so-called Project Olive has put the project on hold. The project was scheduled to be discussed during Monday's Town Board meeting.

Earlier this month, town Planning Board members voted against a request to rezone the proposed area of development to a planned development district.

In a public forum earlier this year, residents had brought up the main concern of overcrowding the Grand Island Bridges as a reason to not push ahead.

Town Supervisor John Whitney described the proposal as the largest development project proposed to Grand Island in the history of Grand Island, but also expressed concern of a potential traffic nightmare.

We are very concerned about the traffic on the bridges, we have to see what they propose to mitigate that, he said.

The plot of land is situated next to the I-190 at exit 20B. The project would have created 1,000 jobs whencompleted. The developmentcalled for 1,855 parking spaces for cars, 16 parking spaces for motorcycles and 219 parking spaces for tractor trailers. The facility itself would beone of the tallest structuresin Grand Island.

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