Allen St. Problem-Project: Mayor Stewart and Candidate Beloin-Saavedra Are Still $6M Short for the Allen St. Project. Our Taxpayers and Flooding, Sanitary Back-Up Victims Deserve Better Than This.

Updated 10-13-25 Presentation #47: This updated record is being shared regarding the status of our neighborhood’s storm-sewer-sanitary system and the City and State Responses.

To: Our Neighborhood Flooding and Sanitary Back-Up Victims
Concerned Taxpayers and Residents
City and State Officials

As we interact with our neighbors in Ward 4, we often hear the same question, “Why have our city officials ignored the Allen St. Problem for 30 years?”. The Allen St. Problem was first identified back in 1995 by then PW Director Joe Carilli, PE. From 1995 to 2025, our city officials have chosen to “kick the Allen St. Problem down the road” allowing the storm-sewer-sanitary system to deteriorate further. Here are more details for all of you:

When Mayor Stewart took office in 2013, she called the Allen St. Problem a “definite hazard” and she called the Allen St. Project “our most pressing need”. To date, she has failed to fully fund and construct the Allen St. Project. Here are more of Stewart’s words, “The Allen St. Project is critical to resolving chronic issues including flooding due to storm-sewer failures, sanitary back-ups and breaks due to insufficient capacity and the system’s age.”

Over the years, Mayor Stewart and Candidate Beloin-Saavedra have received hundreds of millions of earmark free dollars from our State and Federal Partners while increasing our taxes. Stewart-Beloin-Saavedra are sitting on a $19M surplus in the General Fund. To date, not one dollar from any of this money was used to fully fund and construct the Allen St. Project. Additionally, Stewart-Beloin-Saavedra have favorable financing options at competitive interest rates to fund critical infrastructure projects such as the Allen St. Project.

Factor in the increased costs associated with the documented groundwater-stormwater inflow, infiltration, cross connections and overflows from the compromised Allen St. Storm-Sewer System. Also, let’s not overlook the increased water pumping and treatment fees, basement flooding, sanitary backs ups and breaks, private property damage and mitigation, litigation, regulatory penalties, environmental degradation, public health concerns, band-aid repairs, flood insurance, etc. In total, millions of dollars have been irresponsibly wasted.

The cause and effect is undeniable. Weston-Sampson Engineers declared, “The Allen St. Project must be a priority because the infrastructure is at crisis levels.” The Allen St. Project Plan created by municipal storm-sewer-sanitary experts Cardinal Engineering is bid and shovel ready.

We do not live in a “flood zone”… however, there have been 13 floods since 2018. Our quality of life continues to suffer, our safety continues to be in harm’s way and 50+ properties and structures are all at risk. Our taxpayers and flooding, sanitary back-up and break victims deserve better than this.

We have debunked all of Stewart-Beloin-Saavedra’s talking points. Their disingenuous behavior regarding the Allen St. Problem is unacceptable.

Why does Stewart-Beloin-Saavedra continue to ignore the critical nature of the Allen St. Problem when they have the resources and the plan to construct the Allen St. Project now? Why are they choosing to ignore all of us in the Allen St. Neighborhoods? As we present the facts, our demands and questions go unanswered.

Stewart-Beloin-Saavedra have the authority and the fiscal methods to correct these hazardous conditions. Most importantly, it’s their sworn responsibility to correct these hazardous conditions on behalf of their taxpayers. All of this appears to be a “dereliction of duty”.

Dereliction of duty is a significant failure to perform required responsibilities. The term is applied in public service positions where duties are tied to safety and public trust. This concept extends beyond simple poor performance, involving a level of willfulness or negligence that makes the Failure to Upgrade the Allen St. Infrastructure unacceptable.

This is not a “false narrative” as noted by Stewart-Beloin-Saavedra. The experts have weighed in, “The Allen St. Storm-Sewer-Sanitary Infrastructure is at crisis levels.” Vote out Stewart-Beloin-Saavedra and their allies. They’ve had 12 years to upgrade the Allen St. System. They have failed all of us…

Step Up! Real Change Is Long Overdue In New Britain…Vote Row “A” For New Britain!

Thank You.

F&S Chase

Stay Informed…Better Yet Get Involved.

A special thanks goes to our state legislators Sanchez (Bobby and Manny), DeFronzo, Lopes and Turco for their tireless efforts to improve our quality of life in New Britain. Also, a special thanks goes to our Ward 4 Alderperson John McNamara and Ward 4 Candidate Luz Ortiz-Luna for their determination to face off against the unreasonable opposition.

For more information visit: http//newbritainprogressive.com/category/neighborhood-flooding/ or call Frank Chase 860-989-7205.