{"id":10315,"date":"2017-02-02T00:52:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T05:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=10315"},"modified":"2017-02-02T00:52:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T05:52:40","slug":"new-brick-wawa-project-would-add-third-lane-to-route-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/02\/new-brick-wawa-project-would-add-third-lane-to-route-70\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brick Wawa Project Would Add Third Lane to Route 70"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plans for a Wawa and quick-serve restaurant off Route 70 in Brick. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Developers pitching a plan to build a Wawa and adjacent quick-serve restaurant along Route 70 told members of the Brick Township Board of Adjustment Wednesday night that they would undertake the costly measure of adding a third lane to the highway in order to make the site safer to access.<\/p>\n

Before a\u00a0room\u00a0packed with neighboring residents\u00a0who are opposing the project, John Jackson, attorney for Brick 70 Developers LLC, the company behind the proposal, said his client would extend a third lane of the highway that currently ends after the Costco shopping center northward to Duquesne Boulevard.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will go a long way to alleviate the traffic issues on Route 70,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n

The project consists of a Wawa store with a gas station and a quick-serve restaurant, such as a Panera Bread, with a drive-through. It is proposed to be constructed north of a medical office building, near the intersection of Route 70 and Duquesne Boulevard, with an access point at North Lake Shore Drive.<\/p>\n

John Ray, a traffic engineer hired by the developer, testified that the third lane would not only make it safer to access the proposed shopping plaza, but easier and more convenient for residents to turn onto Duquesne, since they no longer would be tempted to take the dangerous option of riding in the shoulder during times of high traffic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to make it legal to get into that curb lane, use that lane, and quite frankly I think it will be easier for people to make the right onto Duquesne,\u201d Ray said. \u201cYou will now be legally able to use the lane instead of illegally using the shoulder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neighboring residents have been circulating a petition against the proposal over concerns of increased traffic, noise and the project\u2019s potential effect on property values, as well as environmental issues.<\/p>\n

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A Brick resident holds a sign opposing a Wawa and quick-serve resident being built off Route 70. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Board Chairman Harvey Langer questioned the developer\u2019s experts on the amount of noise the drive-in window would generate, with customers and employees communicating\u00a0with each other through a speaker system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the speaker isn\u2019t working properly and it comes out loud and garbled \u2013 that will be more annoying when it\u2019s loud and people can understand it,\u201d Langer said.<\/p>\n

A engineer working on the project said the site would be equipped with a six foot high sound wall and a thick row of shrubs and trees to prevent noise intrusion into the adjacent neighborhood.\u00a0The drive through lane would be located off Lake Shore Drive, behind the restaurant, with a tree buffer nearly encircling it,\u00a0plus the sound wall, which would be made of cedar wood, sound absorption materials and sealant.<\/p>\n

Wednesday night\u2019s hearing also shed more light on the entrances and exits of the development. An entrance and exit with a concrete curb separator would lead to and from Route 70, which a side entrance would be available from Lake Shore Drive, near its intersection\u00a0with Duquesne. Another entrance and egress on the south side would connect the development to the medical building next door and, ultimately, the Costco plaza. A parking area off Lake Shore Drive, shown on a rendering of the project, would not be built initially but would be held for later consideration if demand necessitated it, representatives said.<\/p>\n

No residents were able to speak Wednesday night since the presentation by the applicant was not completed by the end of the meeting at 10 p.m. Testimony will continue at the Feb. 22 board meeting, which will be held at 7 p.m. at the township municipal complex. Members of the public will have an opportunity to testify on, and ask questions about, the project if the applicant\u2019s testimony is completed.<\/p>\n

Jackson said the developer has already held\u00a0discussions with the state Department of Transportation to on the process of creating the third lane.<\/p>\n

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