Planning board approves Encompass Health rehab hospital at former driving range; asks for plan correction and traffic follow-up

The Bangor City Planning Board unanimously approved a major site development permit and a Site Location of Development application (M.R.S.A. Title 38, section 484) on Feb. 18 for an Encompass Health inpatient rehabilitation hospital at 1017 Union Street.

Nut graf: The approved project calls for a single-story rehabilitation hospital totaling about 79,388 square feet on a roughly 17.5‑acre parcel, developed in two phases (50 beds in phase 1; 30 beds in phase 2 as required by a board condition). The board attached two explicit conditions: (1) the developer’s traffic engineer must assess the operation of the upgraded intersection six months after the facility opens and forward that assessment to the planning division and engineering department, and (2) the applicant must submit modified plans within 30 days showing Phase 2 as a 30-bed phase (the plans had an inconsistency…