A misunderstanding due to the publication of an outdated site location sketch was cleared up during a meeting with Lancaster Township Manager William M. Laudien.
The actual proposal is to locate the combined new fire house/emergency services building adjoining the rear of Planet Fitness with a private drive connecting the facility to both Millersville Pike to the south and Atkins Avenue to the north. Thus a portion of the park would remain as a buffer between the facility and the Atkins Avenue residential neighborhood.
The Intelligencer New Era had described Laudien’s proposal as “… in the northwestern corner of the park, behind Planet Fitness and other commercial properties and abutting Atkins Avenue.”
For the sole purposes of showing the layout of the facility and the amount of area required, Laudien had used an earlier, aborted sketch plan which happened to show frontage on Atkins Avenue. Laudien says an accurate new location plan will soon be available.
Laudien further clarified that a fire siren may no longer be necessary in this day of cell phones but, even if needed, they would likely remain in their current strategic locations.
NewsLanc’s publisher, and part owner of the 276 unit Manor House Apartments, situated across Atkins Avenue, said he is supportive of the current concept and he thought that nearby home owners would be also.
