Wawa Construction Expected Soon In Newtown Township

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — Land clearing and construction could begin soon on the new 5,500- square-foot Wawa convenience store and gas station coming to the Newtown Bypass.

Newtown Township Supervisor John Mack reported Wednesday night that Provco Pinegood, LLC, is in the process of finalizing its land development plan and may soon start construction at Lower Silver Lake Road and the Newtown Bypass.

According to township officials, after finalizing its plan and submitting it for one final review by the township’s engineer, a pre-construction meeting will take place followed by the start of construction, a process that is expected to take about six months to complete.

Township manager Micah Lewis confirmed on Wednesday that Provco has already secured the required building permits for the project.

Last spring, the supervisors voted 3 to 2 to approve a stipulation and settlement agreement with Provco that ended ongoing litigation and allowed Provco to move forward with plans to build the convenience store on a 4.95 acre parcel of undeveloped land in the township's OR zoning district.

The agreement settled ongoing litigation between Provco and the township. It also resolved disputes over signage and the number of gas dispensers and added several new elements to the project, including EV charging stations and solar panels to power the new store and gas
station.

Provco had sought a myriad of signage for the site, including a large, illuminated message center sign that would have displayed gasoline prices. It had also sought eight gas dispensers, according to township lawyer David Sander.

Under the agreement, Provco agreed to reduce the number of fueling dispensers to a maximum of six. It also agreed to an "extremely limited" number of signs, including two monument signs and two building-mounted signs, said Sander.

In addition, Provco agreed to install solar panels on the side of the fuel dispenser canopy facing away from the Newtown Bypass and to include EV charging stations in its parking lot. Those requests came from Supervisor Elen Snyder who was the swing vote on the project.