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Bethel Township Planning Commission on Tuesday, Sept. 16, approved a preliminary/final land development plan from Bell & Evans for a cold storage and packing facilities at 241 Blue Mountain Road.

As part of the plan submission, Alex Kinzey, an engineer with Steckbeck Engineering and Surveying Inc., was asked by township engineer Matthew Mack to provide a project overview for the 454,700-square-foot cold storage facility and 208,000-square-foot tray packing building on 64 acres.

Potential traffic on Blue Mountain Road has been a township concern, but Kinzey reiterated that traffic flow will be contained between its existing Plant 3 to the west and the new facilities to the east, meaning the drive

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