Current plans to construct a Kohl's department store in the Colonnade Shopping Plaza along North Atherton Street were approved Wednesday, with a few exceptions, by Patton Township board members.

The retail store will be built on Lowes Boulevard between Lowe's, 249 Lowes Blvd., and Target, 315 Lowes Blvd., where a movie theater was supposed to have been built.

Township Manager Thomas Kurtz said there are still minor details that need to be addressed by Kohl's before final plans are approved and construction can begin.

"It's just minor crossing T's and dotting I's," Kurtz said. "These are kind of technical things, the last ones on the list."

He said Lowes Boulevard would be expanding by adding turning lanes, and the traffic signal at the Lowes Boulevard and Theater Drive intersection will be activated.

"They're removing a road and building a whole new parking lot," Kurtz said.

Robert Switala, Bergmann Associates project manager, said the current plan would be revised with the issues discussed at Wednesday's meeting.

Switala said he expected to submit the final proposal for approval in the next couple of weeks.

He added that the new Kohl's will need to obtain a building permit and, once it is approved it can then start construction.

Bergmann Associates would probably not take part in the construction phase, Switala said.

"We may provide some construction oversight," Switala added. "We are closing in on the end of our work with Kohl's."

Patton Township Supervisor Gary Vratarich said the planned 89,000-square-foot structure is smaller than Target's 126,000-square-foot store.

He added that the township is not financially responsible for construction.