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August 29, 2011 - 12:20 PM
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The last leg of resistance against the building of another Wegmans in Fairfax County has been broken. After nearly four years, the legal battle to delay construction is over, Washington Business Journal reports.

Glenn Ovrevik, whose owns property adjacent to the proposed site for the Wegmans at the intersection of Beulah Street and Telegraph Road, has decided to drop his case. Ovrevik had the option of appealing the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision to toss the case, but his attorney says his client is opting not to. It’s an anticlimactic ending to a multi-year fight over stormwater management issues, one filled with court decisions and reversals.

The proposed 150,000-square-foot Wegmans will anchor Hilltop Village, a mixed-use development. The project already has site-plan approval and permits, according to WBJ, and awaits construction. Intense celebration from Wegmaniacs anticipated.

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