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Bridgeport News: Mayor Submits A five-Year, $178 Million Dollar Capital Plan

BRIDGEPORT, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim announced that he has submitted a five-year, $178 Million dollar capital plan to the Bridgeport city council outlining many infrastructure improvements for which the city will seek to bond between now and fiscal year 2021. The capital plan includes more than $50 million in school construction and improvements including more than $26 Million for the construction of the new Bassick High School in fiscal year 2018.

Also among Mayor Ganim’s priorities are more than $15 million in economic development initiatives such as the Gateway to the South End development involving the University of Bridgeport. There is also $1,000,000 to help repair the P.T. Barnum Museum, still severely damaged from a 2010 tornado.

“This five-year capital plan represents the priorities my administration sees for infrastructure improvements for Bridgeport in the near future,” said Mayor Ganim. “We have many roads, bridges and sidewalks in need of repair as well as schools that need renovation and rebuilding.

But we also are using this opportunity to be visionary about what we want Bridgeport to look like in the next 10-20 years, including how we want to develop our waterfront and South End in partnership with the University of Bridgeport. I look forward to working with the city council on making these dreams a reality for our citizens.”

Among the infrastructure improvement projects for the city are more than $8,000,000 in funds to rebuild and repair city sidewalks and streetscapes. One of the smaller items on the list of Mayor Ganim’s priorities is $25,000 in funding for a study looking into the consolidation and building of a new, unified public safety complex which would include the headquarters for police, fire and emergency communications. This building would replace the current, aging public safety facilities.

(City Of Bridgeport Press Release)

 

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Westport To Review Zoning Regulation

#Westport CT–Mary Young, Westport Deputy Planning & Zoning Director announced today that on March 3, 2016, thePlanning & Zoning Commission is scheduled to review an amendment (Text Amendment #705) to the Westport Zoning Regulations.  Text Amendment #705 (Application #15-057) was submitted by Melvin Barr of Barr Associates, LLC.  The amendment proposes allowing an alternative housing type; cluster housing. The proposal will allow multiple single-family dwellings, each not to exceed 3,200 SF in size, on one building lot in the Res A  zoning district, provided the property meets specific criteria outlined in the amendment.

All those interested in this amendment are encouraged to attend the Planning & Zoning Commission’s  public hearing on March 3rd at 7:00 PM in the Westport Town Hall Auditorium. Copies of the amendment  are available for viewing in Town Hall both in the P&Z Office and in the Office of the Town Clerk. The Commission can receive written comments from the public in advance of the hearing. Once the hearing is closed, no more information or comments will be accepted.

(Town of Westport Press Release)

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Westport News: Energy Drink Theft

On 02/19/16 at approximately 8:00pm, Westport Officers responded to the Newtown Police Department to arrest Branden Betas on an active warrant held by Westport. On 11/26/15, suspect Betas was captured on Stop and Shop surveillance placing energy drinks into a bag and leaving the store without paying. Store security positively identified Betas because he was arrested at the Bridgeport Stop and Shop for a similar crime. Betas was held on a $2,500.00 bond and has a court date in Norwalk on 02/29/16. (Westport Police Press Release)

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Westport Police: As A Rule Listen To Police Orders…….

#Westport CT–On 02/19/16 at approximately 12:00pm, Allen Pearson was blocking traffic with an oil truck on Railroad Place while pumping oil. Officers report that Pearson has been warned in the past not to block the roadway. Pearson refused to move his truck until he was done pumping oil and refused to give the officers his license and registration paperwork. Pearson then tried several times to shut the door of the truck while officers ordered him to exit. Pearson was taken out of the truck by the officers and placed under arrest. Pearson was uninjured. He posted the $500.00 bond and has a court date in Norwalk on 02/29/16.

(Westport Police Press Release)

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Stratford Police Has A New Online Self Reporting System

#Stratford CT–The Stratford Police Department has initiated a new “SELF REPORTING” system in order to help streamline the reporting process and provide greater access to the community. The system is intended to assist persons with  reporting routine incidents which may not require officers to respond to their homes/ businesses or locations directly.  This system also does not replace the 911 system for true emergencies that require an The online link for the site is: www.citizenselfreporting.com/Agencies/stratfordpdct

 

That will bring a person to the home page which explains how the system can be used and for what types of incidents. Anyone using this system must have a current/valid email address which the system will verify prior to giving access to using the system (email verification is sent for confirmation). Once the verification is received and clicked a person can enter the system and follow the steps to reporting an incident. That process is a step by step question process to be completed by the citizen. There are options in each step (lots of drop down answers available). When the citizen completing the report enters an answer with anything that the system feels needs to be reported directly to the police it will notify them, at which point the process will end and they will need to make a regular report (such as they know the suspect etc.).

Once the citizen completes the process and submits a report they will receive a verification email stating their report has been submitted and will be reviewed by the PD to determine if it meets the criteria to be processed which may take at least 5 business daya.

If a report is reviewed and determined to be valid then it will be assigned a case number and formally entered into the police incident report system. The complainant will be notified of the case number by email. A copy of the completed report can be picked up at the records division after this action, or retrieved from the DOCVIEW online report system.

(Straford Police Press Release)

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