FRANKLIN TWP — In a standing-room-only public hearing Monday night about a proposed GetGo gas station and convenience store, most of the residents and business owners who spoke voiced opposition to the project.

A handful of the 60 or more residents who attended the hearing stood outside the municipal building were township supervisors listened to residents who gave comments about the plans to build a GetGo on Route 422 at Eagle Mill Road.

Residents were given the opportunity to comment after representatives of GetGo outlined the plans that include a convenience store, fueling stations and a drive-through.

Supervisors listened to the comments and said they would vote on GetGo’s conditional use applications at their March 20 meeting.

Those who oppose the project said building the GetGo would result in more traffic on roads near the site, which are congested now.

Detractors also contended that the traffic study conducted by GetGo in January, which found that traffic from the business would not significantly impact traffic at the intersection, should have been conducted during summer months when local events draw a lot of people and traffic to the area.

Some who oppose the project also criticized supervisors for taking action previously to eliminate an ordinance that did not allow gas station to be located within 1,000 feet of each other. S&S Market, located in a Sunoco gas station, is across Route 422 from the proposed GetGo site.

Three residents spoke in favor of the project saying the location is a good one for a gas station.

One of those residents was Russ Cawthorne, who owns one of the two properties GetGo wants to buy and consolidate for the project. He said the store would provide jobs.

“It’s good for the community,” Cawthorne said.

GetGo representatives said the state Department of Transportation allowed traffic entering and exiting the business to turn right or left, but the company decided to require all traffic exiting the property to turn right onto Route 422 to address concerns raised by supervisors. Traffic would be allowed to enter and exit from either direction from Eagle Mill Road.

No changes would be made to the existing traffic signals at the intersection.

A 12-foot-wide strip of property between the business and Eagle Mill Road would be dedicated to the township so the road could be widened in the future.

The store would be built on two lots at 661 and 663 Route 422 that would be consolidated into one 2.6-acre lot. The property is zoned for general business.

The GetGo would have five fuel pumps with 10 filling stations, including one for diesel fuel, and a one-lane drive-through with space for 11 vehicles to wait in line.

It would use public water. The sewage system would be an on-lot septic system.

Fencing and trees and shrubs would be placed along the property lines.

There would be an underground stormwater management system and a rain garden with vegetation to reduce stormwater runoff.