- December 25, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
A holiday surprise came a little early this year for scuba divers who go to Dutch Springs, the quarry that serves as an aqua park and diving facility. There are plans for diving to continue at the site, but there will be no waterpark. The land around the quarry in Lower Nazareth and Bethlehem townships is zoned for industrial use, and two warehouses are planned for the site. Other warehouses are nearby.
Details are not final, but developer Trammell Crow said Wednesday that talks about keeping the quarry open for diving are progressing. The latest details show that the aqua park is not in the plans.
More may be revealed at a Bethlehem Township zoning meeting Wednesday. When the warehouse plan was announced, one possibility was fencing off the quarry. That would have been a blow to the scuba community throughout the Northeast. Dutch Springs is a popular diving and training site.
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