Aug. 19, 2026
— Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs
Bethlehem Township’s Zoning Hearing Board will meet tonight to discuss the convenience store proposed for 4850 Freemansburg Ave.
That property, across from a CVS store, is known as Harvey’s Corner. Wagner Enterprises, the owner, has been seeking to develop the property for years and proposed earlier having a Wawa store at the site.
The developer is seeking zoning relief to put in a drive-through window and to put a 20-foot-high sign on an adjacent lot to advertise the convenience store, among other variances.
The Bethlehem Township Zoning Hearing Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19 — today — at the township building, 4225 Easton Ave.
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A Wawa would create a safety and traffic nightmare. That stretch of Freemansburg Ave. (from the dangerous Farmersville Rd. intersection to the Hope Rd. entry to the shopping plaza) is congested enough. When Rt. 33 drivers see there is a Wawa 1/2 mile off that Freemansburg/33 exit, it will increase the traffic much more than any traffic study will tell you. Hopefully, the residents of that development behind CVS and other common sense residents of BT show up in force and dissuade the zoning board.
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seriously our current traffic studies are over the top nightmare. The LV is a building craze, have to be careful and considerate of what happens when new Construction ramps up even more vehicles. Nothing against WAWWA maybe consider another stretch of land for buildout. One is already in development on 512 North close to Wegmsns . Travel it daily a congestion nightmare .
Hope planning works out
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I understand the developer wants to turn this land into something and he probably promised chase future development. But the township needs to hold the line tons of homes are right behind this area and they want an extremely high amount of exceptions.
I don’t understand why they can’t turn this into an another small strip mall like the liquor store across the street.
No WAWA, the road can’t handle it or the terribly timed lights on freemansburg ave heading to hope road. Let’s turn green at Emrick to then an yellow at the 33 interchange
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