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MILL HALL — At its monthly meeting this week, Bald Eagle Township Board of Supervisors addressed updates to local speeding ordinances and the upcoming Sheetz rebuild, among other items.

Sheetz remodel

Integrated Consulting representatives Terry Delo and Kelly Brown shared the new development plans for the Sheetz remodel that is expected to start later this year.

“Sheetz is planning to essentially tear everything down and build up with brand new,” said Delo.

The land development plans that were presented to the supervisors broke down the roughly 1.7 acre parcel to begin a rebuild, including updates to outdated utility lines.

With the new plans, Sheetz will include updates to the existing fueling stations as well.

“(Sheetz) is going to go from two canopies to a single canopy that will be parallel to Hogan Boulevard,” Delo said. “You’re going to lose two total fueling islands for a total of four fueling stations.”

At the meeting, supervisors and Delo agreed on the review letter from the township’s engineer and have planned to move forward with demolition set to begin in July, pending permits.

“We’re closed for about five months,” said Delo. “Our reopen would be late December or early January.”

The new prototypical Sheetz will have the same offerings that are seen in newer stores, including remodels and rebuilds.

Ordinance updates

During a previous meeting, Mill Hall Police Chief Brandon Coleman discussed the township adopting a new ordinance that would set residential and urban speed limits along unmarked township roads.

At last night’s meeting, Coleman addressed the ordinance again as Solicitor Frank Micelli had drafted up a sample ordinance for the board to look at.

“There’s going to be an attachment to that to define all the locations that I gave to you previously,” Coleman said.

The board will discuss which roads will be listed as residential with a speed limit of 25 mph or urban with a speed limit of 35 mph.

The new ordinance will clear up confusion around incorrectly marked roadways throughout the township to allow Mill Hall police to better monitor the area.

Coleman’s original concern was “Ordinances in reference to different roadways,” in response to misnamed routes.

The board has discussed using their safety meeting on Feb.6 to list the roads that will be adopted under the ordinance in order to vote and adopt the final version at their meeting in late February.

Once the attachment has been provided, the ordinance is able to be advertised before it is adopted.

Green Light-Go

Secretary Marissa Morgan addressed PennDOT’s Green Light-Go grant opportunity for the township to update the stoplights at five intersections along state Route 150.

“It does require a 20 percent local match and they are estimating a project of $300,000, which would be a match of $60,000,” said Morgan.

According to PennDOT, this “state grant program is designed to improve the efficiency and operation of existing traffic signals.”

With this program, Morgan explained to the board this is not something that needs to be done this year but it is available.

Vice Chairman Kenneth McGee raised a point that the township will have to do it anyway and motioned to approve moving forward with the grant application.