Wawa Developer Criticized for Being Unprepared to Answer Newtown Planning Commission Questions

Published: April 7, 2022, 1:32 p.m.

b'Brett Duffy \\u2013 a Holland resident \\u2013 criticized Provco for being unprepared to answer questions about its Wawa Land Development Plan at the April 5, 2022, public meeting of the Newtown Planning Commission (NTPC). Mr. Duffy was among more than a dozen Newton and neighboring township residents who attended the meeting and made public comments.\\n\\n\\u201cThe developer that wants to build on a parcel of land in your township that you have the power to approve or deny\\u2026 they don\\u2019t know anything about it or they do know it and the answers are not satisfactory,\\u201d said Mr. Duffy. \\u201cThat was my big takeaway.\\u201d \\n\\nIndeed, Provco did not provide some critical documents until just a few hours before the meeting and at several points during questioning, Jason Korczak, P.E., Sr. Project Manager for the project, could not answer questions from Commission members.\\n\\nMr. Duffy also mentioned several other problems he had with Provco\\u2019s \\u201ctestimony\\u201d of lack of testimony such as addressing comments of the Bucks County Planning Commission [LINK: https://bit.ly/BCPC-Wawa-Comments]. Provco felt it only needed to respond to township engineers\\u2019 response letters. \\n\\nPerhaps because of this lack of response from Provco, 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]'