BRUNSWICK
The Cumberland Farms at Cook’s Corner will likely be getting a facelift following sketch plan approval from the Brunswick Planning Board.
Plans include razing the current building which houses the convenience store, Papa John’s pizza and an AT&T retail shop. The result will be a stand-alone Cumberland Farms with an updated design.
The current building at 190 Bath Road comprises 6,883 square feet. The new Cumberland Farms will take a much smaller footprint at 4,786 square feet.
The existing gasoline pipes, fueling locations and underground fuel tanks will be removed from the site, and replaced with new underground tanks and pumps.
The new pump configuration will see five dispensers in groups of two pumps. The area will be covered by a new 21-foot by 131-foot canopy structure with a slightly peaked roof to mirror the new store.
The parking lot will be configured to contain 19 parking spaces with an additional two for employees. The Bath Road entrance and exit will be narrowed to encourage a one-directional flow of traffic.
A currently paved area behind the store that cannot be built upon due to a sewer easement will be stripped of pavement, loamed and seeded, creating more permeable ground on the site.
Plans also include a sidewalk along the back of the property by the sewer easement as opposed to along the busy intersection along the Bath Road, Route 24 and Thomas Point Road.
Cumberland Farms has offered to give the town further easements to include a sidewalk and contribute to the cost of the new construction.
Planning Board Chairman Charlie Frizzle lauded the design changes, especially the addition of a sidewalk that did not lead pedestrians to the Bath Road intersection where no provisions for crossing have been made.
Kevin King of neighboring Prompto commended Cumberland Farms on the new design changes and offered to aid the town with easements for the development of sidewalks on Thomas Point Road.
Brunswick Town Councilor Kathy Wilson spoke to the board, encouraging them to address sidewalk concerns on the Bath Road near Thomas Point Road and throughout the Cook’s Corner area.
In regards to concerns about the project, Frizzle asked that a third party traffic review be conducted, specifically looking at “stacking” at the pumps. Frizzle said he was concerned vehicles waiting to get to the pumps may impede Bath Road traffic.
Furthermore, even though the amount of pavement on-site will be reduced, the board requested a storm water management plan pass to the satisfaction of the town engineer.
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