Hearing On Wegmans Development In LMT Is Monday

LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — Planners in Lower Makefield will reconvene Monday for a hearing that could pave the way for a development that would include a Wegmans grocery near Shady Brook Farm and Interstate 295.

Lower Makefield Township's planning commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, at Pennwood Middle School. Pennwood is located at 1523 Makefield Rd., Yardley.

The hearing is a continuation of one that was started on Monday, Sept. 9. That hearing, in turn, had been moved to Pennwood after a hearing at the commission's normal meeting room was started, then postponed so officials could seek out a venue that could handle the large crowd the discussion had drawn.

The 36-acre mixed-use development, called Prickett Run at Edgewood, is proposed to be located on a strip of land between Stony Hill Road and I-295, just across from Shady Brook Farm on Stony Hill Road.

Developers DeLuca Homes and Equus Capital say the development would be a "live, work, play" community across from the farm, which is a popular destination for visitors.

To build the development they'd like, developers must get an amendment to the township's zoning ordinance and map approved. The planning commission will first consider the amendment, then make a recommendation to township supervisors.

Previous hearings have drawn hundreds of residents, many of whom have complained about the possibilities of traffic congestion in the already busy area and other concerns.