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Planning Commission continues Harrisburg Global Academy conditional-use request after environmental and traffic questions
Summary
Lancaster County Planning Commission continued a conditional-use application for Harrisburg Global Academy, a proposed 850-seat K-8 charter school on a capped landfill, after staff said Technical Review Committee comments remained unresolved and neighbors raised environmental and traffic concerns.
The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted to continue the conditional-use application for Harrisburg Global Academy to the May 20 meeting after staff said technical-review comments had not been resolved and neighbors raised concerns about site conditions and traffic.
Justin Matthews, COO of Alliance Education Services, the applicant, described the proposal as an 850-seat K-8 charter school and said the project would be "at 0 cost to the taxpayer." He said the school team has raised private funds, completed environmental testing and had an approved voluntary cleanup plan; Matthews told the commission the team was scheduled to present a revenue-bond request the next morning. "We are taking an 8 50…
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