PALMER TWP., Pa. – The Palmer Township Planning Commission granted preliminary/final land development plan approval for the second phase of a major project Tuesday night at the municipal building.

The Easton Area School District is proposing a new high school at 2601 William Penn Highway and South Greenwood Avenue. The redevelopment would replace the existing Easton Area High School with a new three-story, 250,444- square-foot building and new parking lots.

The site would maintain two access points from South 25th Street and William Penn Highway.

EASD is proposing 945 passenger vehicle parking spaces and 76 bus parking spaces, a grass band practice field and a new bonfire area. In addition, the plan features sidewalks, curbing and street trees along William Penn Highway and 25th Street.

The project’s first phase, approved previously, focused on the construction of a new sports field complex adjacent to South Greenwood which consists of 32 acres. That phase included the relocation of the sports fields and the construction of three new baseball/softball fields, five tennis courts, a fieldhouse, bleachers, scoreboard, concessions, ticketing building and new pathways.

The project’s cost is estimated at $298 million.

Chick-fil-A

Planners granted preliminary land development plan approval for a Chick-fil-A restaurant proposed for 601 S. 25th St. The approved plan was the applicant’s third submission for the site, and like the two previous, calls for the demolition of an existing 14,706-square-foot Rite Aid facility.

The restaurant will encompass 5,483 square feet of floor area with 90 interior seats, two lanes for drive-thru service and 65 parking spaces. The drive-thru will feature 38-car queuing lanes.

Site improvements will include internal access drives, a parking lot, pedestrian sidewalks, a stormwater management system, landscaping, lighting, public water supply and sanitary sewer.

Access to the site is separate entrance and exit driveways which connect to a shared parking lot access drive within the Palmer Town Centre shopping plaza. The existing shared access between the former Rite Aid and a Wawa store to the south would be eliminated.