Whatever your passion — the beach, historic preservation or downtown — Westport’s got a meeting for you.
Today at 5:30 p.m., the Compo Beach Site Improvement Committee meets at Town Hall (Room 201). Based on the 79 comments (and counting) to Mike Calise’s plea to retain perimeter parking near the sand — and 0 in favor — it should be interesting.
Tomorrow (7 p.m., Town Hall auditorium), the Planning and Zoning Commission will hear presentations from 2 committees: Village District and Downtown Steering.
It’s a work session, meaning the public can observe but not participate. Here’s what observers will see:
The Village District Committee, chaired by Historic District Commission chair Randy Henkels, will present information from their consulting group, headed by Steven Cecil from Boston.
Finding the right balance between old and new: an eternal downtown question. (Photo/Craig Schwartz)
The presentation will describe exactly what a Village District offers Westport, in terms of preservation of buildings and historic character. It’s part of a state-funded project to promote preservation in Connecticut; reports can be utilized by a town and its land-use agencies.
Tomorrow’s report may describe regulations and restrictions that have been successfully implemented in other Connecticut towns (including being upheld against court challenges.)
The Downtown Steering Committee — chaired by Dewey Loselle — has asked its consulting group, RBA, to to present Phase 1 of its project. It’s a baseline traffic study of the extended downtown area.
The study will include a computer-animated vision of traffic patterns, which can serve as a tool to evaluate the impact of traffic on forthcoming land-use proposals.
Some of the most infamous Post Road intersections have been studied, including Wilton Road and Riverside Avenue, and Compo Roads North and South.
Charming, no?
Phase 2 — the vision of downtown, regarding traffic flow, parking, greening of the riverfront, the size and mix of commercial buildings, and residences — will be touched upon tomorrow too.
The train has not yet left the station, regarding Compo, historic preservation or downtown.
But it has pulled in. If you’re a Westporter who cares about this town, get on board.
And tonite at Twon Hall there is an Open House aboout the Westport Bus Study. 7PM
Will be there, have to leave early for class but i sure hope we can save some of the parking for South Beach especially. Its where people carry grills and couples help elderly parents on to the beach.