[at-l] Warehouse Hearing - Silver Spring Township, PA

[s.landis at comcast.net (Steve Landis)]

Still following this story...

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2005/12/13/news/news07.txt

"Supervisors have reminded DiSanto how at hearings years ago Appalachian 
Trail advocates expressed concern about allowing an industrial park so 
close to the trail.
The warehouse location is now closer to the trail than the agreement 
stipulated.
*Melanie Wertz represented the Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club* 
-- local volunteers who help maintain and monitor the trail under a memo 
of understanding with the National Park Service.
"We have been involved with this project since day one," said Wertz, who 
asked the zoning board to stand firm and deny the Triple Crown appeal to 
protect the trail.
Wertz said her group met several times with DiSanto and township 
officials to push the need for an adequate buffer zone between the trail 
and industrial park.
Shifting the building 30 feet to the west is significant, Wertz said, 
adding the buffer zone along that stretch of trail is already at its 
narrowest point in the region.
She added the warehouse not only obstructs the view hikers have of the 
valley, but is a potential source of light, noise and air pollution from 
the trucks and trash from the site.
*Michele Miller, who represents the Appalachian Trail Conservatory*, 
said the developer should be held to the agreed-upon land development 
plan and make efforts to mitigate the impact the warehouse would have on 
the trail."

Steve