As warehouses boom in Berks County, officials plot Route 222 expansions to keep up

Story by Amanda Fries of Spotlight PA

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MAIDENCREEK TOWNSHIP — As construction gets underway on a nearly 1-million-square-foot warehouse along Route 222, Pennsylvania’s transportation officials are planning a nearly $90 million reconstruction and widening of the major thoroughfare.

Maidencreek Township Supervisors in 2023 approved the 930,000-square-foot project located along Route 222 at Evansville Road after a year of hearings and multiple lawsuits. Many residents feared the warehouse — the size of roughly 15 football fields — would increase traffic and