{"id":56258,"date":"2025-12-09T15:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/56258\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:37:11","slug":"judge-blocks-bethlehem-landfill-expansion-in-northampton-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/56258\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks Bethlehem Landfill expansion in Northampton County |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; A Northampton County landfill has been hit with a legal blow in its controversial plan to expand.<\/p>\n<p>A judge ruled Monday in favor of several residents in Lower Saucon Township who filed a lawsuit seeking to block Bethlehem Landfill&#8217;s plan to expand.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit involves the removal of conservation easements in the disputed area.<\/p>\n<p>Expansion supporters say landfill fees support Lower Saucon&#8217;s budget, while opponents say the expansion will damage the environment and threaten the scenic beauty of the Lehigh River.<\/p>\n<p>The township council previously backed the landfill in the lawsuit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/northampton-county\/bethlehem-area\/lower-saucon-township-votes-to-switch-sides-in-landfill-expansion-fight\/article_59f1824a-3eb5-4f33-ab16-1988b3625745.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">but later switched sides to support the plaintiffs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>69 News has reached out to the landfill for comment but have not heard back.<\/p>\n<p>The vice-president of the Lower Saucon Township Council calls the judge&#8217;s ruling a &#8220;huge victory for residents.&#8221; She anticipates the ruling will be appealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; A Northampton County landfill has been hit with a legal blow in its controversial plan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,30842,154,30845,5744,740,30844,742,2676,30843,205,434,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-56258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-landfill","11":"tag-bethlehem-news","12":"tag-conservation-easements","13":"tag-environmental-impact","14":"tag-justice","15":"tag-landfill-expansion","16":"tag-law","17":"tag-lawsuit","18":"tag-legal-ruling","19":"tag-lower-saucon-township","20":"tag-northampton-county","21":"tag-pennsylvania"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}