Westport’s Blight Prevention Board held its 1st meeting last week.
In a striking departure from other governmental bodies — like the US Congress, which appears unable to do anything, including getting out of its own way — the board unanimously agreed to designate 4 buildings as blighted.
As a result — and pending approval by the Historic District Commission — the structures must be demolished or repaired.
Everyone in Westport — everyone, in fact, driving through — knows the buildings. They sit on the crest of Post Road West, just past Kings Highway School and Mediplex as you head toward downtown. For years, they’ve served as a dilapidated welcome to anyone expecting Westport to be immune from abandoned old homes with broken windows, sagging roofs and overgrown grass.
Two of the buildings on Post Road West.
Demolition permits are pending for all 4 buildings. There is no word yet on what would replace them.
Westporters will be happy to see anything else there. Except a bank, nail salon or frozen yogurt store.