A new Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is expected to be up and running in New Kensington by the end of this year.
City council has unanimously approved a conditional use for the development in front of Giant Eagle on Tarentum Bridge Road. That approval was needed because of the project’s expected traffic impact.
The restaurant will be built in an area that is now a parking lot between GetGo and a building housing Subway and other businesses.
The city’s planning commission had previously recommended approval, and its zoning hearing board signed off on the restaurant’s drive-thru. All approvals came without any conditions.
No residents spoke for or against the project Monday when city council held a public hearing on the conditional use.
Joseph Galbraith, a project manager with Gateway Engineers, represented the developer, New Kensington Development LLC.
Galbraith did not say when construction would start. Before that happens, he said, they will need to get building and sign permits over the next couple of months.
He also could not say how long construction, once started, will take to complete.
“They want it up and running in 2022,” Galbraith said.
