LAWRENCE: Mrs. G’s plan hearing to resume next week

By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer
   The Zoning Board of Adjustment will pick up where it left off when it continues its review of a proposal to redevelop a 16-acre parcel on the corner of Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road, anchored by the Mrs. G’s TV and Appliance store, at a special meeting next week .
   The board will meet Monday — not its usual meeting day — at 7 p.m. to listen to more testimony from applicant 2012 Lawrenceville Associates LLC. The meeting will be held in the lower level conference room at the Municipal Building.
   The township’s traffic consultant is expected to review traffic issues at the meeting. The applicant’s traffic engineer discussed traffic and site design issues at the Oct. 10 meeting.
   Among the improvements associated with the project is the elimination of the jughandle on Route 1 and Bakers Basin Road. It will be replaced by a connector road at the rear of the proposed redevelopment. Three driveway entrances along the connector road would provide access to the site, plus one driveway on Route 1. The connector road would be built and maintained by the applicant.
   The developer wants to demolish the existing buildings and replace them with two retail buildings of 6,000 square feet and 15,000 square feet, respectively, plus a TD Bank and a McDonald’s. A Wawa store with gas pumps also is proposed.
   The application is in front of the zoning board because a conditional use variance is needed. Combined convenience stores and service stations are not permitted in the Highway Commercial zone. Wawa wants to build a convenience store with 16 fuel pumps on the site.