WESTFIELD – The Planning Board unanimously approved a special permit to the Pioneer Valley Railroad for a 156,000 square foot warehouse and spur on Ampad Road at its meeting on Jan. 21.
The warehouse will sit on a currently undeveloped 13.3 acre lot zoned Industrial A owned by the railroad. According to the project description, there is a bordering vegetated wetland on the southern portion that will remain untouched and a portion of the former New Haven Northampton canal that runs along the eastern property line. The property is bound to the north by Ampad Road, to the east by the railroad, to the south by a cleared field, and to the west by residential dwellings on Root Road. The surrounding land consists of industrial and residential uses.
