`The NBCJMA recently posted this notice to its website:
"The Newtown, Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority (Authority) has decided to halt all work on the proposed wastewater treatment facility. [Listen to the decision here...]
"The Authority had been actively pursuing construction of a brand-new state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility on a 17.5-acre parcel between the Newtown Bypass and Lower Silver Lake Road. Gaining control of spiraling sewer rate hikes was the impetus for the Authority’s pursuit of this project.
"However, the Authority, during its Tuesday, March 11 board meeting, voted to stop all work on the proposed project. The vote came on the heels of opposition from community members, as well as the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors. [Read the what the BOS demanded...]
"At this juncture, the Authority has no plans to advance this project. In the interim, the Authority retains ownership of the land where the plant had been proposed and will keep the public apprised of any next steps or updates in that regard as they become available. The Authority thanks the public, as well as our customers, for their interest and feedback as it relates to this project."
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[As reported 3/25/25 in BCCT]:
A group of locals from the nearby Swan Point neighborhood have been protesting the project for months, speaking at public meetings and imploring local officials to intervene.
While the most recent decision is 'progress,' according to Bill Everett, one of the group's leaders, they haven't crossed the finish line yet.
'We're basically still full steam ahead,' Everett said.
Group members will be readjusting their strategy to focus on securing an official, ironclad cancellation of the project, Everett said.
Once complete, he added, they'll keep an eye on any future development proposals on the land.
'It's all about getting it officially canceled and then we can all go back to our regular lives,' Everett said.
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As I said at my 25 February 2025 Meet Mack Tuesday Zoom meeting, Sheetz has a strategy to locate close - sometimes right across the street - from Wawa and there is at least 2-3 plots of land across from Wawa in Newtown on the Bypass: land owned by the Crossing Community Church, which "said a prayer" for Wawa when it was suing the township to get approval to build on the Bypass, land currently occupied by a shutdown TD Bank where Chick-fil-A had plans to build but was thwarted by residents opposition, and a vacant lot where PennDOT is establishing a pedestrian crosswalk across the Bypass to Wawa. This intersection of Newtown-Yardley Road and the Bypass will be "fully operational" (i.e., developed one way or another) in the not too distant future. Mark my words as they say.