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b'In its review of the Preliminary Plan of Land Development for a Super Wawa combination gas station & convenient store on Newtown Bypass, the Bucks County Planning Commission (BCPC) made several recommendations for modifying the plan [LINK: https://bit.ly/BCPC-Wawa-Comments]. One of these involved the location and orientation of structures. BCPC said:\\n\\n\\u201cWe recommend that the location of the store and fuel pumps/canopy be flipped so that the store is situated closer to the Bypass. The grade of the site is approximately eight feet higher than the Bypass so, as proposed, the canopy will loom high above the roadway. Further, we note that the canopy could be positioned with the shorter end toward the Bypass to minimize the visual impact of its mass.\\u201d\\n\\nBut at the April 5, 2022, Newtown Township Planning Commission (NTPC) meeting,\\xa0\\xa0the Provco/Wawa representatives pointed out that the BCPC was merely a \\u201crecommending body\\u201d and this issue was not mentioned in any township staff or consultant review letter.\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nThe Provco executive went on to note that Wawa was \\u201cadamant on staying with this orientation\\u201d and claimed that \\u201cfrom an operational, safety, and traffic circulation perspective that this is the safer and move efficient plan.\\u201d\\n\\nIn the end, the NTPC failed to achieve a consensus to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve Wawa\\u2019s Land Development Plan [LINK: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/yxSiL9CF5V9hHrTD9].'