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On the Gettysburg Station Project
The Planning Commission has not seen an artistic rendering of the project for a couple of years. But this year we have seen newer architectural drawings. Based on what we have seen I would like to assure my friends that the project will not adversely affect the historic and aesthetic qualities of the town around it.
The main building material will be brick of the same color and type as the19th century buildings in the downtown. The complex includes a substantial amount of green space and incorporates a bike path with attractive landscaping. The main apartment building is 7 stories high, but that building is substantially set back from both Carlisle Street and Stratton Street. There will be two smaller buildings facing on those streets, but they will only be 3 stories high in keeping with the rest of the town.
Gettysburg Station project advances as traffic study and design details continue review
The long-discussed Gettysburg Station development took another step forward this week, as borough planners reviewed updated details on the mixed-use project, including traffic impacts, transit center design, and site layout.
One of the central topics was traffic. A full traffic impact study has been completed and reviewed by PennDOT, which has primary authority over access to Carlisle Street. Most intersections analyzed in the study meet required performance standards. However, one location—at Chambersburg Street and the square—showed delays above the acceptable threshold during a Saturday midday period.
Engineers later determined that the original traffic counts were conducted during a special event that included road closures, skewing the results.
Gettysburg Times LTE: Liked Moon's Column
Gettysburg Station is an opportunity long in the making. We must not squander it.
That potential $30-$50 million assessment is desirable to add to the tax revenues of the borough, the county, and the school district. The successful candidate would do this while creating housing, commercial spaces and would include the relocation of the transit center. Criteria were set to achieve not only height increases but tax abatement for a period of ten years. Here, the local governments were hedging the value of a ten-year tax reprieve against the potential long-term revenues of such an assessed asset.
Gettysburg HARB Unanimously Approves Gettysburg Station Project
The Gettysburg Historical Area Review Board last night unanimously approved a motion to recommend that the Gettysburg Borough Council approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for the project.