Many Lehigh Township residents who had concerns about a proposed housing development turned out for a recent board of supervisors meeting.

The development, Mountain Top Estates, is proposed on 55 acres between Quince and Myrtle roads.

Project plans were started in 2017 and then renewed with a new owner in 2021.

Residents raised concerns about the wells and septic systems for the 34 proposed homes, as well as the traffic that the development would generate.

“We are not pushing it through,” supervisors Chairman Mike Jones said. “It has been on the agenda over the past years.

“The plan was revised in 2021 and meets all current Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, zoning and NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) requirements. Perc test(ing) was done in 2021 and 2024, which is a test of the soil that determines if the soil on the property is suitable for a septic system or stormwater management system.”

Also at the Nov. 26 meeting, the supervisors held off on approving funds requested by Northampton Regional EMS to pay overtime for work during the November wildfire on the Blue Mountain. It took a week to contain the blaze, which burned around 600 acres.

The supervisors decided to wait to see what the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will pay them first.

In addition, the supervisors authorized the submission of a Local Share Account grant request to the state for $245,000; and approved a payment of $99,315 to Pine Run Construction for the fuel station at the township building.