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Committee OKs referral for special permit for two‑bay car wash at 366 Hathaway Road

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Summary

A New Bedford committee voted to grant a special‑permit application and refer it to the full City Council for a two‑bay automatic car wash at 366 Hathaway Road after a public hearing where the applicant’s representative and councilors discussed traffic, hours and site circulation.

A New Bedford City Council committee voted June 17 to grant and refer to the full council an application by Eric Maderas, doing business as Hathaway Road Holdings LLC, for a special permit to operate a two‑bay motor vehicle light service (automatic car wash) at 366 Hathaway Road.

The proposal, presented by Steve Giosa of Scitech Engineering as Maderas’ representative, calls for construction of a new two‑bay automatic car wash, vacuum stations and landscaping on the former Wicks and Licks/gas station site at the Route 140/Hathaway Road interchange. Giosa said the building would be a framed structure with “extensive landscaping” and that one of the existing curb cuts would…

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