Adams Township’s board of supervisors tabled a vote a fourth time Monday, May 22, on preliminary approval for the Mandera Subdivision over concerns about an abandoned well on the property.

“The board had concerns from a safety standpoint that the well is addressed, and I believe they don’t want to give preliminary approval until they know what the status of the well is,” township manager Gary Peaco said.

The nine-lot subdivision near the Cranberry Township municipal line has been at a standstill since fall, when concerns were raised about whether an abandoned well on the property was a gas well.

The developer, Victor Wetzel Associates, submitted a report from Core Environmental Associates at the supervisors’ April 25 meeting stating the well was a casing buried on the property and had never been used for water, gas or oil.