What Goes Here? The Corner of Route 309 and Kernsville Road

There must have been a time that the intersection of Kernsville Road and Route 309 in North Whitehall looked good. The foundation for a hotel can still be seen coming out of the ground and a building at the rear of the corner looks as if it might have been nice.

Today, however, that building is an eyesore and North Whitehall Township Manager Jeff Bartlett said the property owner has been notified to either fix or tear it down.

"That property owner is very close to being drug into court to mandate it," Bartlett said. "In all honesty I don't know why they didn't just tear it down when the hotel came down."

The property has been zoned for commercial use since 2002 but Bartlett said the big issue for potential developers of the land is the intersection itself. It's the same problem that has supposedly stopped Wawa from developing the corner on the east side of Route 309.

Anyone who wants to develop the corner will have to invest in upgrades to the intersection and Bartlett said it would cost at least $750,000.

If the proposed sewage treatment plant is built to the east of Rte. 309, as township supervisors recommended a couple months ago, then service could extend to the corner owned by Wawa and the corner with the dilapidated house. He surmised that it would make it more attractive to developers.

What would you like to see on this corner? Tell us in the comments.