Get ready Clinton County: Wawa is coming to town

By Christopher Miller
BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP – Bald Eagle Township Supervisors met Monday evening for their first meeting of the new year. On the agenda were two items of general interest to the public: Wawa and Take 5 Development.

As was reported last month, Wawa, Inc., a primarily southeastern PA based “all-day, everyday convenience store” selling fuel, coffee, hoagies, and food, announced their plans to build in Mill Hall at the location of the former Aungst and Creek Side Restaurants.

Present at the meeting were J. Michael Wiley, an attorney representing Wawa, and Judd Dayton, Senior Project Manager of the project with Bohler, a land development consulting and technical design firm.

A “conditional approval” for the fuel and convenience store was voted on, given that the build project adhere to certain guidelines such as fencing and water runoff.

“We will be raising the site to take it out of the flood plain,” Dayton said.

“It was very easy working with you, the township supervisors, and we look forward to continuing the project,” attorney Wiley spoke of the board.

This is not the first project planned for Wawa, Inc. in central Pennsylvania. In the past six months, other locations in Williamsport, Bellefonte, and State College have been selected and approved for building.

Though demolition of the former building on the site along route 150 has not yet begun, and a grand opening date has not been announced, the project is estimated to be completed by mid-to-late summer.

In other news, Take 5, a “ten minute express oil change and drive-thru car wash service” is also in the development stages in Bald Eagle Township. More information on this will be available at a later date.

A representative of the Homeowners Association of Homestead Estates was present in the audience, raising concerns over the speed limit in the housing development.

“Cars are flying up and down the road at all hours, running stop signs, what are we to do,” the HOA president asked township supervisors. While the conversation of temporary speed bumps and “speed humps” was briefly discussed, supervisors are considering all options.