Information on the Housatonic Valley Railroad's
Proposed
Increase of Waste Transfer Station and new Volume Reduction Plant in Hawleyville
2010 News Articles
2009 News Articles
Dec 26 |
NewsTimes | Danbury readies bid for transfer station |
Dec 17 |
Newtown Bee | DEP Starting Technical Review Of Railroad Waste Permit Application |
Dec 10 |
Newtown Bee | Railroad Submits Data to DEP on Waste Expansion Proposal |
Dec 8 |
NewsTimes | Housatonic Railroad files details on Hawleyville Property |
Nov 23 |
Newtown Bee | Consultant Finds Waste Project Would Damage Wetlands |
Oct 29 |
Newtown Bee | Demolition Firm Appeals Town Bid Decision |
Oct 21 |
NewsTimes | Railroad environmentalist acknowledges wetlands |
Oct 17 |
NewsTimes | DEP halts Housatonic Railroad application, plan insufficient |
Oct 15 |
Newtown Bee | DEP sends HRRC Notice of Insufficiency |
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Oct 15 |
Newtown Bee | Wetlands Hearing On HRR Plan Draws A Crowd |
Oct 8 |
Newtown Bee | Legal Strategy Planned on Railroad Waste Project |
Oct 8 |
Newtown Bee | Railroad Revises Waste Permit Request, Town Opposition Continues |
Oct 5 |
NewsTimes | Housatonic Railroad amends DEP application |
Oct 2 |
Newtown Bee | Legal Strategey Session Planned on Railroad Waste Project |
Oct 2 |
Newtown Bee | Bidders Questioned for FFH Demolition Work |
Sept 24 |
Newtown Bee | DEP Cites HRR Waste Violations |
Sept 24 |
Newtown Bee | Email Drive Seeks Signatures Supporting HEAT |
Sept 23 |
NewsTimes | DEP issues Housatonic Railroad notice of violations |
Sept 17 |
Newtown Bee | Town Officials to Huddle with Blumenthal |
Sept 14 |
NewsTimes | Newtown and railroad's disagreement over compliance, jurisdiction continue |
Sept 11 |
Newtown Bee | HEAT Circulates Petition to 'Stop Pollution' and Save Environment, Health |
Sept 12 |
NewsTimes | Housatonic Railroad refuses to submit wetlands application |
Sept 11 |
Newtown Bee | HEAT Circulates Petition to "Stop Pollution" and Save Environment |
Sept 11 |
Newtown Bee | Resident Offers Expertise, Helping Hand to both Town, Grassroots Group |
Sept 10 |
Newtown Bee | Wetlands Permit Sought for Railroad Waste-Handling In the September 9 permit application, the applicant named for the waste disposal project is Newtown Transload, LLC, which is a contractor to Housatonic Railroad. "The property is owned by Housatonic Railroad Company, Inc. Housatonic Railroad consents to the filing of the application by Newtown Transload, LLC," Mr Rodriguez writes in the letter. |
Sept 10 |
NewsTimes | Danbury has prospective partners for White Street Transfer Station |
Sept 10 |
NewsTimes | Hawleyville group's petition asks state to prevent trash station expansion |
Sept 3 |
Newtown Bee | Town Charges Railroad Violates Waste-Handling Restrictions |
Sept 1 |
NewsTimes | Attorney General joins Newtown's efforts to halt railroad expansion |
August 31 |
NewsTimes | Newtown issues railroad second wetlands violation notice |
August 31 |
NewsTimes | DEP assessment of HRRC property in Hawleyville says wetlands have been filled |
August 20 |
Newtown Bee | HRR To Halt Filling & Seek Permit |
August 13 |
Newtown Bee | Environmental Advocacy Team Is ‘Alarmed’ At Railroad Operations |
August 13 |
Newtown Bee | Town Grants Railroad Time Extension to Submit Wetlands Data |
August 6 |
Newtown Bee | Railroad Responds to Wetlands Violation Notice |
July 30 |
Newtown Bee | Town Notifies Railroad of Wetlands Violations The town has informed Housatonic Railroad Company that based on an inspection of its 13.3-acre site at 30 Hawleyville Road (Route 25), the railroad's activities violate the town's wetlands regulations. |
July 30 |
Newtown Bee | Attorney General Joins Town in Transfer Station Concerns One letter at a time, officials are joining residents in expressing written concerns about the Housatonic Railroad's transfer station expansion proposal in Hawleyville. Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is the latest, adding his voice in supporting "strong steps to protect against potential environmental damage from this facility, including a halt to possible expansion." |
July 29 |
News Times | Attorney General joins Newtown's effort to halt railroad expansion |
July 24 |
News Times | Newtown issues railroad second wetlands violation notice The Housatonic Railroad Co. will be sent its second notice of wetlands violations Friday. |
July 23 |
News Times | Document: DEP assessment of Housatonic Railroad property in Hawleyville says wetlands have been filled |
July 23 |
Newtown Bee | Regulators Inspect Railroad Site Proposed for Waste Expansion |
July 23 |
Newtown Bee | Railroad Transfer Station Stirs More Opposition Following the Legislative Council's unanimous motion last week to seek an injunction to stop the Housatonic Railroad's expansions temporarily, additional attempts to halt progress came from State Representative Christopher Lyddy. |
July 22 |
News Times | State officials take action to protect Hawleyville Lawmakers Congressman Murphy, state Rep. Chris Lyddy, and First Selectman, Joe Borst oppose plant expansion plans in Newtown. DEP and DPH representatives made an unscheduled visit to HRR facility on July 16, 2009 |
July 17 |
Newtown Bee |
Court Action Authorized-Town Urges State to Reject RR Waste Expansion [Attorney General Richard] Blumenthal said July 15, "I think the first selectman makes a number of good points…We'll review it…We'll have to review the very significant legal issues raised by the first selectman…I think there is very impressive merit to the opposition [which is] against expansion of this [solid waste] facility." |
July 17 |
News Times |
Newtown Board Seeks to Halt Waste Transfer Station "As far as the permit application," [Housatonic Railroad Executive Vice President and representative, Ed] Rodriquez said, "I know that the question of the aquifer zone particularly was one that was reviewed by an attorney on our staff who met with the DEP people ... and the decision on how those questions were going to be answered was made with DEP staff." But representatives from the DEP said differently.... |
July 15 |
Register Citizen |
[HRR] Train Derails - Freight Rails Significantly Damaged |
July 9 |
Newtown Bee |
Opposition Rallies against Transfer Station Application |
July 9 |
Newtown Bee |
Tandem Truck Accident Snarls Church Hill Road, Exit 10 |
July 9 |
News Times |
Newtown Has Taken Great Steps to Protect Hawleyville |
July 2 |
Newtown Bee |
Fire Officials Concerned Over Proposed Railroad Waste Expansion |
June 27 |
News Times |
Hawleyville Transfer Station comes under fire |
June 25 |
Newtown Bee |
Regional Agencies Oppose Railroad Waste Expansion |
June 18 |
Newtown Bee |
First Selectman's Report Prompts Discussion on Multiple Issues See section "Don't Waste Hawleyville" |
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June 11 |
Newtown Bee |
Group Forms To Monitor Railroad’s Waste Transfer Proposal |
June 5 |
Newtown Bee |
Nothing is Easy in Hawleyville |
May 28 |
Newtown Bee |
P & Z Ponders Prospect of Increased Hawleyville Truck Traffic |
May 21 |
Newtown Bee |
Railroad's Transfer Station Plans Raise Selectmen's Concern |
May 15 |
Newtown Bee |
Housatonic Railroad Seeks to Increase Waste Transport |
Other News Articles
February 5, 2004 - P&Z Changes Zoning for Hawleyville Parcel
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has converted the zoning designation for a seven- acre parcel on Hawleyville Road from R-2 (Residential) to HCDD-E (Hawleyville Center Design District-East), a change that would increase the types of land uses allowed there.
In April 2000, the P&Z revamped the zoning designations in sections of Hawleyville in anticipation of future development there. Among those changes, the P&Z created a HCDD-E zone that is comprised of about 23 acres. That zone extends along the east side of Hawleyville Road northward from Interstate 84 to the area north of the Hawleyville Post Office, and also extends along Barnabas Road. Those areas previously had residential and industrial zoning.
Permitted uses in the HCDD-E zone include retail, personal services, banks, offices, restaurants, museums, galleries, meeting halls, places of worship, parking, and transportation terminals. Certain industrial uses also are allowed in the HCDD-E zone through a special exception to the zoning regulations. P&Z members created HCDD-E zoning to strengthen and encourage the redevelopment and enhancement of a Hawleyville village center.
January 29 2004 - HVCEO Proposes Newtown Transportation Improvements
In accord with the 1997 Hawleyville planning study and with a 2000 DOT I-84 improvement plan, the HVCEO also recommends increasing the traffic capacity and improving the alignments of the I-84 Exit 9 eastbound and westbound ramps. That project would provide traffic signals and be coupled with nearby widening of Hawleyville Road to four lanes.
December 13, 2001 Town Urged to 'Make Noise' About its Traffic Problems
HVCEO also lists as traffic priorities: Improving the capacities and alignments of the eastbound and the westbound Exit 9 ramps for I-84 at Hawleyville Road in Hawleyville; installing a traffic signal at the intersection of Hawleyville Road and Currituck Road;
