Reader Appeals Again to Gov Lamont on Allen Street Drainage Improvement Funding
Dear Governor Lamont, My wife Sharon and I have been communicating with our local officials and our residents for months. Now is the time for our State Officials to assist us with the Allen St. Problem. Our local officials have stepped up with a $4.2M commitment to fund our 30% share of the $13.9M Allen […]
Reader Writes Letter to Gov. Lamont on Drainage Improvement Funding
Dear Governor Lamont, My wife Sharon and I have been communicating with our local officials and our residents for months. Now is the time for our State Officials to assist us with the Allen St. Problem. Our local officials have stepped up with a $4.2M commitment to fund our 30% share of the $13.9M Allen […]
Allen St. Drainage Improvements and Reconstruction Phase 2 Project and Hampton-Eton Storm-Sewer Sub-Basin: Our 22nd Presentation to City and State Officials
To: CT Elected Officials, New Britain Elected Officials, Taxpayers and Flooding Victims: 1) E-mail Stormwater and Sewer Update: Funding for Allen St. Project 7-18-24: 2) E-mail Allen St. Project #2 Progress Update 7-25-24: 3) E-mail Allen St. Project #2 Update and Bulletin 8-1-24: 4) E-mail Allen St. Basin and Hampton-Eton Sub-Basin Water Pipe Breaks 8-2-24: […]
Allen St. Basin and Hampton-Eton Sub-Basin: Water Line Break 8-1-24
To: Ward 4 Flooding Victims, Property Owners, Tax Payers, Residents, Constituents Yesterday 8-1-24 a crew from Public Works worked from late afternoon into the late night re-storing water service to Newbury Road. In the heat and the darkness this PW crew made it happen. Excellent effort. Public Works’ Associates have been completing these special repairs […]
Allen St. Project #2 Progress Update and Bulletin
Bulletin: August 2, 2024 This is an “all hands on deck” bi-partisan plea for assistance… As the current mayor noted in her recent interview with the CT Examiner; If all goes as planned, ground could be broken in late 2025 and the project completed in the first half of 2027. This news from Mayor Stewart […]
Hampton-Eton Storm-Sewer Sub-Basin vs. Allen St. Storm-Sewer Basin
Former Public Works Director Carilli PE wrote the following to my neighbor. He indicates city engineers verified all of this: Late 1996 “We are aware that the storm-sewer system in the Hampton-Eton area fails to handle certain rainfall intensity storms. However, the situation is one that is not limited to those particular streets alone, but […]
Allen St. Project #2 Progress Update
To: Ward 4 Constituents, Taxpayers, Property Owners, Flooding Victims and Elected Officials We appreciate the mayor’s and the city council’s efforts thus far. Now our state legislators must move the funding proposal through the legislature approving the $10M bonding initiative. Mayor Stewart has committed $4.2M which is the city’s responsibility. Upcoming milestones per the DPW […]
Allen St. Problem-Project #2 Oak St. to Beacon St. Our 21st Presentation to New Britain Officials. July 10, 2024
To: Ward 4 Constituents, Taxpayers, Property Owners, Flooding Victims and New Britain Officials This updated record is being shared regarding the status of our neighborhoods’ storm-sewer systems and the Federal-State-City responses. Our concerns must be given the highest priority. Our quality of life is suffering and our property values have declined by 15%. When the […]
The Allen St. Problem-Project #2 Oak St. to Beacon St. Our 20th Presentation to New Britain Officials. June 26, 2024
To: Ward 4 Constituents, Taxpayers, Property Owners, Flooding Victims and New Britain Officials This updated record is being shared regarding the status of our neighborhoods’ storm-sewer systems and the Federal-State-City responses. Our concerns must be given the highest priority. Our quality of life is suffering and our property values have declined by 15%. When the […]
The 2023 $4M Bogus Transfer For The Allen St. Project #2
To: Voters in New BritainRe: 2023 $4M Bogus Transfer Time Line. The current mayor and her chief of staff have their fingerprints all over this fiasco. The current mayor calls it a debacle… We call it unethical, deceitful behavior. This behavior by the current mayor and her chief of staff is unacceptable. Our city has […]