Debate over proposed Mineola convenience store to continue

The Village of Mineola will continue an October public hearing for a proposed 24-hour gas station with a convenience store.

The village will hear residents on the application from Garden City-based Bolla Management Corp., on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Mineola Village Hall, 155 Washington Ave. The proposed site is on vacant land, at 449 Jericho Tpke. in Mineola.

The Oct. 9 public hearing lasted nearly four hours, drawing criticism from residents. Some feared that adding the station and a convenience store would increase traffic and noise in the community.

According to the developer’s application, the plans “would not alter the essential character of the neighborhood.” Gasoline service stations must add convenience stores to thrive, the application reads, given increased regulations and shrinking profit margins industrywide.