232,000-Square-Foot Cheese & French Fry Facility Planned For Falls Twp.

The Falls Township Board of Supervisors last month approved plans for a new cold storage facility that will bring approximately more than 100 jobs to the area.

Agile Cold Storage received the green light to construct a 232,000-square-foot building on Cabot Boulevard.

The facility will be used for storing cheese and french fries and will be located between a rail line and Route 1 in the industrial corridor.

“That’s two of my five food groups,” Supervisor Chairman Jeff Dence joked.

Mike Meginniss, the attorney representing Agile Cold Storage, told supervisors the company either operates or is constructing over 10 sites throughout the country.

“This is ideal because of the rail line and location,” Meginniss said.

The project is expected to have minimal impact on local traffic, officials said.

Meginniss said there would be “about three to four trucks that would be visiting the site per hour.”

The facility will operate two shifts, with the largest shift employing about 70 workers.

Supervisor John Palmer asked about sidewalks in front of the facility, but the Falls Township Zoning Hearing Board already approved a waiver to allow the company to not install sidewalks.

Meginniss stated he didn’t expect many people walking to the facility.

In other business, the supervisors approved a preliminary and final land development plan for Britain Industries on My Lane. The 17.34-acre site is currently a junkyard visible from Route 1.

Meginniss, who was also representing Britton Industries, said the company plans to clean up the site and replace junk vehicles with palletized mulch storage and associated trailers.

“What we’re proposing is basically to do what Britton does, which, again, I think you’re all familiar with, which is essentially remove the vehicles and then replace them with parallelized mulch storage and associated trailers,” Meginniss said.

He noted that Britton Industries has been working with the property owner to remove vehicles, with the number on site “greatly decreased over the recent couple of years.”

The project has been pending since November 2020.

Meginniss said it will not disturb any wetlands on the property.

Dr. Jeannine Delwiche, who serves on the Falls Township Environmental Advisory Commission and is a Pennsbury School Board member, suggested replacing some trees with native species.

“Not just because it helps pollinators, but because they have a higher likelihood of survival with less maintenance,” Delwiche said.

McGinnis stated that the company agreed to the suggestion for the native plantings.

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