75 Acres Of Housing Planned For Hays Woods

BALDWIN, PA - Agnew Road residents could be getting plenty of new neighbors. Pittsburgh officials plan to develop housing bear them on about 75 acres of what currently is a tranquil wooded area.

The property to be developed is in an known as Hays Woods, a 640-acre site the city purchased last year for $5 million. The vast majority of the land is located in the Hays section of Pittsburgh, but about 20 acres are directly over the city line in Baldwin.

The city bought Hays Woods from developer Charles Betters of Beaver County, after he spent more than a decade unsuccessfully attempting to develop a horseracing track, casino and retail and residential areas on the site.

The city plans to keep 555 acres of the massive property as wooded parkland and develop housing and roads on the remaining acreage. City officials have not provided many details on the project, but Public Source reported access roads would be built on Becks Run and Agnew roads to access the Hays Woods development.

According to Public Source, the housing would be built behind the New Outlook Academy charter school and nearby residences.

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