The Newtown Planning and Zoning Commission is holding their meeting tonight at Edmond Town Hall. This is due to the expected large attendance over a controversial plan for a warehouse at 10 Hawleyville Road. The public hearing is at 7pm.
A number of protest rallies have been held against the application by New York-based Wharton Equity Partners for a more than 330,000 square foot warehouse on 104 acres in the industrial zone. The property near exit 9 off I-84 and Mt Pleasant Road is near several residential neighborhoods.
More than 200 people attended the first hearing, on April 7th.
The focus tonight could be on a third party review of traffic studies. Rally organizers say the project could potentially have 200 tractor trailers per day going in and out 24/7, 365. Attorneys for the applicant previously said landscaping will maintain as much vegetation as possible.