New Peach St. WalMart - finally approved

The site plan for the store to be built behind Quaker Steak and Lube was approved by Summit Township's board of supervisors Monday night.

If construction begins as planned, the new store will open in late 2010 -- nearly two years later than originally proposed.  The project was originally scheduled to start in the fall of 2007, with the store opening in late 2008. However, it was delayed three times because Wal-Mart changed the new building's footprint.

Nancy Agostine, Summit's zoning administrator, said she expected to record Wal-Mart's plan on Tuesday, and after that the corporation could begin building.

Wal-Mart is expected to start the bidding process within weeks.

The new supercenter building will be built about a quarter of a mile south of a smaller Walmart on Peach Street, which it will replace.

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