Last night — in a 4-2 straw vote — Westport’s Planning & Zoning Commission signaled approval of a new 4-story, 94-unit rental property at 1177 Post Road East. The building would replace an office complex across from Crate & Barrel.
Plans call for 30 of the units to be “affordable,” under state 8-30g guidelines. That would make Westport more compliant with the controversial regulation — and earn the town an 8-year moratorium on further affordable housing construction.
A 15-year resident of Greens Farms is concerned about traffic density and safety, particularly around the nearby elementary school. She also fears that the proposal has not garnered much public attention. She writes:
While other developments are getting attention and being fought back, this proposed development is just slipping by.
Artist’s rendering of the 4-story, 94-unit rental housing complex proposed for 1177 Post Road East.
Traffic and density has already made driving on the Post Road similar to being on I-95. Now this development, close to new construction where Geiger’s used to be, is making our neighborhood look and feel like we are becoming Stamford or White Plains.
There may be little the P&Z can do. But my neighbors and I want to figure out how best to respond and fight for our quality of life. Awareness of this issue needs to be raised. It’s getting lost with every other developers proposal on the P&Z table.
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