The public hearing on the Wilderness Wal-Mart that was cut short July 30 has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 24 in the Orange County High School.
The hearing will deal with Wal-Mart’s special-use permit for a 138,000-square-foot supercenter it plans to build on a Route 3 site near the intersection with Route 20.
It also lies near the Wilderness Battlefield.
The new public hearing became necessary after county officials realized an Orange County Review error in the advertisement of a public notice. Instead of the required two-week public hearing ad leading up to the July 30 meeting, the Review only ran the ad for one week.
Because of the error, acting county administrator Julie Jordan canceled the hearing only a few hours before it was set to start, “out of an abundance of caution.”
Commissioners originally held their hearing on the Wal-Mart proposal May 21. Then, they heard from Wal-Mart planners about features of the proposed store.
According to Wal-Mart attorney Tom Kleine, the project’s unique design represented sensitivity to nearby historic features, like the battlefield.
Kleine also said Wal-Mart’s plans to make road improvements along Route 3, including installation of additional turn lanes to improve traffic flow.
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