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Allen Township Supervisors grant Rockefeller approval For early morning Concrete pouring
Bath Republican Association Donates $6000 to Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, Inc. Submitted by ASHLEE GIORDANO
David Weber, Vice President and Treasurer and Ashlee Giordano, Steward of the Bath Republican Association presented a check for $6000 to Mike Koniers for Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, Inc. This follows their
second annual, weekend- long fundraising push July 13-15. Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, Inc, based out of Camp Hill, Pa donates 95 cents of every dollar raised to directly help individual, local veterans with daily living expenses. PaWW is an indepen-
dent, statewide 501(c)(3). David and Ashlee would like to thank the members of the Bath Republican Association and the local businesses that donated goods or monetary funds to make this another- of many- successful fundraising events held at the club.
Proposed LT maintenance Building plan questioned by JOE KORBA The August 14 Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors meet-
ing opened with a half-hour executive session. After the supervisors returned, sans Darryl
Snover, who was absent, they passed a motion to extend a line Continued on page 2
By KERI LINDENMUTH During their meeting on Tuesday, August 14, the Allen Township Board of Supervisors granted Rockefeller Group approval for early morning concrete pouring from September through December. Lot 5 of the Rockefeller Group’s Willowbrook Road warehouse development will require a one million square-foot slab of concrete, which equals about 20 concrete pours. Developers were seeking flexibility from supervisors to allow them to start pouring as early as 1 a.m. to account for possible weather conditions, minimize traffic concerns, and sweep Willowbrook Road in advance of rush hour. They estimate that the entire process of pouring the concrete will take about 20 days, with roughly 100 to 125 truck deliveries per pour. Rockefeller’s director of real estate development Johanna Chervak told supervisors that the pouring will be a “scheduled, orchestrated process.” It will take about six to seven hours to place the concrete, with trucks running every five to six minutes. Trucks will be off the road by 7 a.m. and the rest of the roughly 18 hour workday will consist of sawing, cutting, flattening, and finishing the concrete. This flexibility, said Chervak, will help minimize quality control issues and cracking.
Supervisor Gary Behler expressed concern over the early morning work. He cited a similar request from Rockefeller earlier in the year that he and his fellow supervisors rejected. “[I am] not changing my vote unless [there is] 100 percent no sound and no light,” he told Continued on page 3
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