LEWISTOWN — The Derry Township Board of Supervisors shared Monday that the Wawa development is moving along according to plan.

During the Board’s Dec. 4, 2024, meeting, officials approved a Wawa gas station to be built along Ferguson Valley Road west and adjacent to US Highway 322, and northwest of the intersection of Valley Meadow Drive, and approximately 526 feet from the intersection of Reserve Lane and Ferguson Valley Road.

The plan involves the development of a 6,049-square-foot gas station and convenience store with eight fuel pumps.

“Right now, the underground work is taking place,” said Solicitor Tim Searer.

Due to ongoing construction, officials received and approved a request for their road crew to remove overgrown grass and weeds.

Township Manager Kelly Shutes stated that she had not received building permits from the project developers and that the permits are a vital part of getting the ball rolling on construction.

Searer assured Shutes and other officials that he would ask the developers about the permits.

“Once the developer is done, the site footprint is set, Wawa gets in there and they don’t mess around,” said Searer.

Supervisors received notes from the Mifflin County Planning Commission regarding their amendment to the zoning/solar ordinance.

Derry Township will move forward with amending its zoning ordinance to provide regulations for solar energy systems, including battery energy storage systems.

Mifflin County Planning Director James Lettiere offered Derry Township’s Board of Supervisors direction moving forward during the Planning Commission’s regular meeting held Thursday, July 25.

Lettiere — who reviewed the ordinance — encouraged the board to adjust language in the ordinance to offer more clarity on the definition of “land development.”

The board also plans to amend the ordinance to regulate principal energy solar systems to establish a new section to permit battery energy storage systems as conditional uses in the rural estate zoning district in the township as well as establish regulations for battery energy storage systems in the township.

Supervisors will consider adopting the ordinance during the board’s meeting at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 18.

Shutes also shared with the chairman that she received the healthcare renewal information for employees, and with a 55% increase in the insurance fees, she suggested that the Township look into other options.

Supervisors also:

• Approved a $100 donation to the Mifflin County Library;

• Approved the 2025 County Liquid Fuels Allocation in the amount of $9,029.