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Danbury is ready to take over a private property next to the airport one way or another
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File photo. Danbury Municipal Airport.Carol Kaliff / Hearst Connecticut Media
DANBURY - City attorneys have drawn the line after owners of a residential property next to Danbury Municipal Airport failed to comply with orders to restore wetlands that were filled in a decade ago.
The city intends to acquire the 1-acre property on Miry Brook Road “either by negotiation or by eminent domain,” once Danbury’s environmental commission determines the extent of the wetlands damage.
“Since the property is adjacent to the airport and has access to the airport, it would be extremely important for city use or for airport use,” said Laszlo Pinter, the city’s managing attorney and deputy corporation counsel. “It would also result in the remediation of the wetlands issue.”
Restoring glory to Danbury s historic Octagon House still a work in progress
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A man peers through the fence at the historic 1852 Octagon House on Spring Street, in Danbury, Conn on Monday, March 8, 2021.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media
DANBURY A judge’s decision to uphold the city’s shutdown order for a homeless shelter that for years had been a source of consternation for residents of Spring Street closed the loop on a longstanding quality-of-life issue for the downtown neighborhood.
But another problem surrounding Danbury’s storied Octagon House just a few doors down from the shelter remains unsolved at least while the city has its attention on coronavirus recovery and the school overcrowding crisis.
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