Giant Eagle officials are looking to expand their presence in the Route 22 commercial corridor in Murrysville by offering a WetGo car wash.
The 1.2-hectare site, formerly the headquarters of Standard Bank, is located next to the GetGo gas station and convenience store, and across the Old William Penn Highway from the newly renovated store of the Giant Eagle Market District.
“We are proposing to use the existing access from Route 22 and close the two existing curb cuts (at Old William Penn Highway),” site development director Lee May said at a public hearing this month before Murrysville council.
In addition to access to Route 22, GetGo customers next door could use an interconnect to drive to the car wash.
The tunnel-style car wash would have two queuing lanes and covered spaces for free vacuuming of cars.
“All the wash water goes into a central ditch drain, so no water will come out of the building,” May said. Project officials have applied to the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitation Authority for access to the public sewer.
May said other WetGo car washes are usually open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Josh Haydo, a senior staff traffic engineer at David E. Wooster and Associates, said a traffic study estimated the car wash would generate about the same amount of daily traffic as the old bank.
Project officials are also looking to waive the requirement for a left turn lane.
“The right of way there is limited,” Haydo said. “So it could involve relocating utilities and widening the roadway. It would be quite an expensive addition.”
No one from the public offered comments or questions, and the council took no action at the public hearing. The next meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m., April 5 at the Murrysville Municipal Building, 4100 Sardis Road.
Patrick Varine is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Patrick by email at pvarine@triblive.com or via Twitter .
