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Planning commission grants conditional approval for former freight-railroad redevelopment plan
Summary
The borough planning commission granted conditional approval to a land-development plan for the former freight railroad building, subject to the borough engineer's comments and several modifications; the applicant withdrew one requested waiver.
The borough Planning Commission granted conditional approval to a land-development plan for the former freight railroad building, voting to approve a set of design modifications and to make final approval contingent on satisfying the borough engineer's comments.
The approval matters because the project will extend a water main, connect to the sewer system and convert a former freight facility for new uses, steps that require multiple technical approvals before construction can begin.
Ben Morton, a landscape architect with RGS Associates, told the commission the design team has coordinated with the architect and utilities since an initial March briefing, saying the team…
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