Robinson Commissioners Approve Marriott Hotel Plan

Robinson Township commissioners approved a site plan for a proposed hotel in the Robinson Town Centre. 

Developers plan to break ground in 2013 on a 106-room Towne Place Suites Hotel by Marriott off Park Manor Boulevard. 

The five-story hotel will sit on 3.16 acres of land in the shopping area. The township's planning commission recommended the site plan. 

The facility will be an extended-stay hotel marketed to business clientele, said Keith Shugerts, of Essex Hotel Management.

Developers unveiled plans for the project during a September public hearing. 

Board okays road-use plan:

The board approved a road use plan for the clean-up of a former industrial site along Hickman Road in the township. 

The agreement is between the township and companies Braskem America, Inc., Ashland Inc. and Baezer Inc. for the former Mays Hickman industrial waste site.

The companies will complete a cleanup plan of the area approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. 

Other items from the meeting:  

• Commissioners approved a plan to revise the township's official sewage facilities plan, and submit those plans to the Department of Environmental Protection. The township plans to upgrade its Dendron Drive and Douglas Hill pump stations. 

• The board adopted a schedule of costs in connection to the collection of delinquent local service and earned income taxes. 

• Commissioners passed a proclamation, naming Oct. 21 to Oct. 27 "Friends of the Libraries" week in Robinson Township.