Trespassers Warned By Warminster To Stay Away From Shenandoah Woods

WARMINSTER, PA —Less than a week after announcing that the demolition of Shenandoah Woods had started, township officials Wednesday made another announcement about the abandoned Navy development.

"No Trespassing."

In an alert posted on the township's website, township officials stated that "it has come to our attention that individuals are trespassing on the grounds of Shenandoah Woods. As a reminder, no one is permitted in this area for any reason. You have been warned."

Township Manager Tom Scott had told supervisors at last Thursday's meeting that the demolition had been underway for a "couple of weeks."

The project was approved to be razed in 2012.

The vacant development was designated a blighted area in 2011 by the Bucks County Redevelopment Authority and Warminster planning commission, given the area’s inadequate planning, faulty street layout and economically undesirable land use.

Initially constructed as part of Warminster's Naval Air Development Center (NADC), the federal government held on to Shenandoah Woods after the NADC's closure in 1996 and used it as off-base housing, according to a previous Patch report.