CONCORD – When Concord purchased a historic abandoned church on an acre of land in 2014, no one from the township knew the property contained a nearly forgotten secret.
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The site of a proposed solid waste management facility in Lansdowne, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
After it was met with widespread community backlash, an application for a special exception for a solid waste management facility at 41 S. Union Ave. in Upper Darby has been withdrawn.
The application was filed by Bill Santora of A&E Construction Co. His lawyer, Michael Robinson, sent a letter to the Upper Darby Department of Licenses and Inspections on Wednesday officially withdrawing the pending application.
WHYY News reached out to Santora’s lawyer to speak about why the application had been withdrawn and the possibility of a future amended application. Robinson declined to comment.
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The site of a proposed solid waste management facility across from homes on Union Avenue in Lansdowne, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Although Betty Byrd Smith has been retired from disability advocacy since 2007, she will not let perceived injustices happen on her watch even after a recent hip replacement.
Smith, who has lived in Lansdowne for more than 30 years, had created flyers and had led door-to-door petitioning, though not for quite some time.
However, a recent moment of “serendipity” during a walk to buy a newspaper at a local market changed all that: Smith saw a sign about at a special exception being sought for a solid waste management facility at 41 S. Union Ave. in Upper Darby Township right across the street from her home.