ORANGE — Wal-Mart's proposed big box store near the Wilderness Bat-tlefield is getting back on the regulatory track.
Earlier this week, Orange County supervisors rescheduled a public hearing for Aug. 24. Thursday night, the Planning Commission is likely to set a hearing for Aug. 20 before members vote anew on the special permit Wal-Mart needs to build.
Orange County planners had to schedule a second hearing on the proposal be-cause a hearing in May was not legally advertised. Supervisors then had to can-cel their hearing scheduled for July 27.
The Wal-Mart Supercenter has sparked protests from historians and preserva-tionists who fear the store will attract too much traffic to an area near the famed battlefield in Locust Grove.
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