Citizens challenge ConnDOT’s Manresa plan : Nancy on Norwalk, January 6, 2022

Written By Jenny Butler

Below was published in Nancy on Norwalk, January 6, 2021: https://www.nancyonnorwalk.com/norwalk-political-notes-events-including-a-zoning-hearing/

The wheels are turning at their usual rate as State government sets up a public hearing on the Connecticut Department of Transportation’s plan to use Manresa Island for Walk Bridge construction work.

Bottom line:

  • The public hearing is set to begin 3 p.m. Feb. 23 on Zoom

  • The deadline for written comment is 5 p.m. Feb. 28

  • A follow-up evidentiary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Feb. 28 on Zoom

  • A second evidentiary hearing would be held in March 2

 

ConnDOT needs approval from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the hearing process has been forced by both the Norwalk Harbor Management Commission and by a coalition of neighborhood groups, Hearing Officer Kathleen Reiser said Wednesday in a pre-hearing status conference held online.

Reiser plans to visit the site ahead of the hearings.

To submit written comment, email Kathleen.Reiser@ct.gov. Zoom links should appear on DEEP’s events calendar.

The neighborhood groups have launched an informational website and will be distributing fliers across the city with hopes of “inundating” DEEP with comments from the public, according to Mark Smith, who attended Wednesday’s hearing. He said, “The anecdotal feedback I’ve gotten is that almost everyone opposes the use of Manresa, but that will bear itself out in the next few weeks, if I’m correct.”

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