JEFFERSON TWP — After more than a year of hitting speed bumps, a township man's plan to build a racetrack on Neupert Road has been approved.

Before a crowd of nearly 100 people, the township supervisors on Monday night unanimously approved Brett Neupert's quarter-mile micro-sprint racetrack with conditions.

Before breaking ground, he must meet those conditions, which include obtaining a National Pollutant Discharge System permit because the property is in the Buffalo Creek watershed.

Neupert said he doesn't anticipate any problems meeting the criteria he needs to get a building permit.

He expressed relief after the board made its decision.

"It's been such a long time coming," he said.

Evelyn Gross, chairwoman of the township planning commission, reiterated the approval process of the NPDS permit could take up to a year.