NORTH HAVEN, CT — North Haven residents will decide at the Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 20, whether to borrow up to $19.8 million for five road projects, from rebuilding Sackett Point Road to repaving streets across town. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the North Haven High School auditorium, 221 Elm St., according to the Board of Selectmen's Oct. 1 agenda.
The selectmen took up the five bond resolutions that night and approved them, the Stamford Advocate reported, as relayed by Hoodline. Voters will act on the five together. First Selectman Michael Freda said four of the five qualify for state reimbursement; the Advocate did not say which four or how much the town could get back.
Where the Money Would Go
The selectmen's agenda lists the five items and their limits:
- Sackett Point Road, up to $7 million, to rebuild the road: milling and paving, new and repaired sidewalks, lighting, signs, traffic controls and drainage.
- Town roads, up to $7 million, for milling and paving streets around town, new manholes and drainage risers, and the signs and police and flaggers that road work needs. Freda told the Advocate the town has not settled which roads would be repaved; the work is expected between April and September 2027.
- Pool Road, up to $3 million, for drainage: new storm drains, sewer pipes and curbs, plus runoff and pavement repairs.
- Church Street, up to $2 million, for pedestrian safety along the street that links the town green and Town Hall: sidewalks, crosswalks, lighting, signs, traffic controls and handicap access.
- The Connectivity Project, up to $800,000, to make sidewalks and roads safer for people walking and biking. It adds to a $784,000 state Community Connectivity grant the town won last year for the first phase of a safer route between the Town Center and the middle and high school campus, North Haven News reported.
Each resolution reduces the borrowing by whatever grants the town receives for that project.
The Sackett Point Underpass
Sackett Point Road passes under a railroad bridge with 12 feet 9 inches of clearance, and trucks get stuck there about four times a year, most of them coming from the west, the New Haven Register has reported. The town and the rail line's operator agreed to put up signs near the underpass to keep tractor-trailers out, according to the Register.