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Protect the Partrick Wetlands
and our Community
The Aquifer is in Jeopardy & the Neighbors won't back off
Letter to the Editor Published in the Westport News
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I attended last nights Conservation Commissiom meeting regarding a
new application by ARS partners for the development of 24 houses on 9
acres on the old FD Rich property sitting between Newtown Turnpike and
Partrick road , in a AAA/AA zoned neighborhood . Many new neighbors
spoke rearding this proposed development . The common theme amongst the
neighbors was the concern for our Aquifer and what will happen to our
drinking water , and whom will assume liability down the road when we as
neighbors are faced with a water supply that will be so contaminated that
we will be living around another Love Canal .The Commission certainly has
failed in their due dilligence of this proposal/application and should
consider suspending furthur action on this application until the issues
regarding the Aquifer are resolved . Appparently ARS has already moved
forward with some questionable construction .
Once again ARS partners submitted a half baked plan, lacking
specificty , asking for more concessions , and failing at one point to
properly present their plan , forcing the Attorney for ARS to stand up
and apoligize to the commission for the poorly prepared presentation of
the Land consultant for ARS . Earlier this week the attorney for ARS ,
Larry Wiesman , approached me in my gym and asked me to get my neighbors
to " Back off" in our efforts to stop this development by ARS , well Mr
Wiesman , as one neighbor has already stated , for every person you see
in attendance at these meeting there are three more behind them .
Jamie Cochrane
64 Partrick Road
Westport Ct
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