New McDonald's going up in Old Courthouse Square parking lot

MARTINSBURG - Construction has begun on a new McDonald's restaurant in the parking lot of the Old Courthouse Square shopping center off Edwin Miller Boulevard.

McDonald's USA LLC got permission in May from the Martinsburg Planning Commission to build a 4,350-square-foot restaurant on about an acre in the parking lot of the shopping center across from the Summit Bank branch.

It would have double drive-through windows, seats for 87 and 21 parking spaces.

Journal photo by John McVey Crews were busy Monday working on the site where a new McDonalds restaurant will go in the Old Courthouse Square shopping center off Edwin Miller Boulevard.

The new restaurant is assumed to be a replacement for the existing McDonald's on the north end of Martinsburg, but that has not been confirmed.

Traffic congestion caused by the new restaurant stirred a great deal of discussion by Planning Commission members. The main entrance to the restaurant would be from Edwin Miller Boulevard at Courthouse Drive.

A traffic study found the current road system could handle the additional traffic generated by the new restaurant.

West Virginia Division of Highways officials agreed with the study, stating that no changes, such as a traffic light at the intersection or turn lanes, were warranted.

Also, the plans for the McDonald's met all the city's planning requirements, leaving the Planning Commission members no alternative but to approve the plans.

Construction also has begun on a new 2,480-square-foot Taco Bell restaurant at the former site of the Casa Gonzalez restaurant on the west end of the Old Courthouse Square shopping center. The parking lot and entrance and exits for the old building would remain the same for the new building.

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New McDonald's going up in Old Courthouse Square parking lot