Questions have been raised about ongoing construction of an electric transmission substation in the 200 block of School Drive in Bethel Township.

While township officials question if it is permissible since no land development plan was filed with the municipality, company representatives with Met-Ed have told the township they have the authority to expand without notifying them.

Neither township zoning officer Jackie Hollenbach was aware of the substation being built when asked by LebTown on Sept. 2, nor was Bethel Township engineer Matthew Mack or Fredericksburg Fire Chief Richard Snader when asked by LebTown on Sept. 4.

“We believe that a plan, at a minimum, should have been filed with the township,” said Mack. “Jackie mentioned it to me and you have, and that was the first time I’m h

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