At the Feb. 21 Lower Macungie Township Board of Commissioners meeting, the Commissioners approved a resolution for a lot line adjustment for the land development for Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. and another resolution for land development for the construction of the company’s new world headquarters.

The lot consolidation is for four lots along Mill Creek Road. It is for a 526,000 square foot office building and 123,000 square foot industrial building. There will be a 10 story office building and a six story parking garage between Mill Creek and Grange roads.

A separate resolution was approved for land development for a truck holding area along Orchard Road. The area will be 36.6 acres and will house a truck staging area along with a 28,500 square foot shop building, a fueling station, driveway and related parking.

In other meeting business, Resolution 2019-07 was approved for a lot line adjustment for Spring Creek Properties. As part of the original plan, another warehouse will be constructed along Spring Creek Road.

Capt. Mark Curran wrote a letter of thanks for the Troop Support Program. His unit really appreciated the efforts of area residents for the generosity of those that gave to the care packages.

Emmaus High School Athletic Director Rebecca George made her annual request for use of the Church Lane fields for use by Emmaus High School baseball players. The request was approved.

Amy Kakaley, an advocate for the elimination of the spotted lantern fly, visited the board of commissioners with new information about the insect. It is the time of year to eliminate the egg masses. A mass found can have up to 100 eggs. By scraping and destroying these masses, the eggs of a 100 lantern flies can be eliminated. There is information on the Internet about helping with this cause. This website https://extension.psu.edu/how-to-remove-spotted-lanternfly-eggs has a video about how to scrape masses and kill the eggs. There is a Facebook page about the problem titled “Spotted Lanternfly Report: Lower Macungie Township. Area Scouts and EHS students also are working to help eliminate these insects.

Lower Macungie Township Director of Planning/Community Development Sara Pandl asked for approval of extension of four land developments: the Farr property residential subdivision, the Green Tree Industrial Park truck trailer parking lot, Kulik, Ricky Real Estate LLC land development and the Schoeneck Road lot one land development. The extensions were approved.

Several projects have been delayed due to weather including Wild Cherry Lane bridge, Little Lehigh pedestrian bridge and two road surfacing projects.

Commissioner Ron Beitler discussed the issue of signage over truck restrictions. Some truck restriction signs are on the roads that are restricted meaning that trucks are already on them before they get the restriction.

Beitler said the goal is to reduce human injury and property damage.

Recent laws have made it difficult to enforce truck restrictions but Beitler is pushing forward to find a way to fix this problem. He is looking into education and signage to prevent truck drivers from hurting people and damaging property. It is not necessarily the truckers fault. Truck routes need to be updated.

There was an executive session concerning some land acquisition.