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The What: Update on UI’s Plans, New Westhill High School Designs, and More

The What is your look around southwest Connecticut for the week of September 22.

The What: Update on UI’s Plans, New Westhill High School Designs, and More
It's starting to feel like fall across southwest Connecticut. (Photo by Kelly Prinz)

Monday, September 22

Happy Monday! It’s a busy week around the region so let’s see what’s happening. 

Highlights 

This section gives a brief overview of the key items in the newsletter.

Spotlight

This section features our main reporting each week.

Last week, the Connecticut Siting Council delayed a vote on United Illuminating’s plans to replace transmission lines along the Metro North tracks in Fairfield and Bridgeport. 

According to CT Mirror, the council tabled the issue to “allow more time to study alternative routes.” Governor Ned Lamont had asked the council to delay its vote, noting that he “was meeting behind the scenes with United Illuminating, about a compromise,” CT Mirror reported.

Learn more about United Illuminating's proposal and why there’s been so much opposition to it. 

In education news around the region, the Stamford Planning Board will receive a presentation on the plans for a new Westfield High School. The project has been the subject of debate in front of the Board of Finance due to escalating costs. 

See why school facilities around the region are in need of repair, and how communities are looking to pay for them. 

Norwalk is hosting a Joint Public Hearing Regarding Operating and Capital Budgets following a tumultuous budget season for the city. Learn more about the city’s budget challenges from last year and how that might affect the budget this year. 

This Week at a Glance

This section aims to highlight the most important meetings and news taking place each week. 

  • In Bridgeport, the Board of Education will meet on Monday, Sept. 22 to receive an update on the progress made in regards to the state’s intervention in the district as well as set goals for the interim superintendent.
  • In Stamford, the Planning Board will meet on Monday, Sept. 22 at 12 p.m. to receive a presentation on the plans for a new Westfield High School. 
  • Also in Stamford, the Public Safety & Health Committee will meet on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. and review the city’s efforts to address air quality issues, particularly in the South End. See why air quality continues to be a challenge around southwest Connecticut. 
  • In Norwalk, the city is hosting a Joint Public Hearing Regarding Operating and Capital Budgets between the Board of Education and the Common Council on Wednesday, Sept. 24.
  • Also in Norwalk, there will be a Tree Removal Public Hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. related to the proposed removal of a tree located on Cemetery Street.   
  • In Darien, the Board of Finance is meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. to vote on  “appropriating $2,300,000 for planning and design of the Great Island early access project.”
  • In Westport, even though the Planning and Zoning Commission voted against The Hamlet project, there will be a Representative Town Meeting Special Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 7:30 p.m. to review the decisions from the Flood and Erosion Control Board and Conservation Commission to give the project the ok. Residents had petitioned the RTM to review their decisions under the town’s “Waterway Protection Lines Ordinance.”

Plan Your Week

This section includes a list of meetings, events, and programming happening around southwest Connecticut each week.

Bridgeport

Stamford

Norwalk

Fairfield

 Greenwich

Darien

Westport

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Please note: All of these agendas and information here are current as of Sunday night. Meeting times and agendas may get adjusted throughout the week.

Have a great week,

Kelly Prinz

Founder, Reporter at Coastal Connecticut Times

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