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Commission approves referral to common council for acquisition of 493 Connecticut Ave for WPCA pump station
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted to refer the city's planned acquisition of 493 Connecticut Avenue to the Common Council. The property was identified as a relocation site for a pump station destroyed in flooding; WPCA will fund the acquisition and FEMA funding prospects drove the choice of a site outside the 100-year floodplain.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on April 2 voted to approve a referral to the Common Council for the voluntary acquisition of 493 Connecticut Avenue for construction of a replacement sanitary sewage pump station.
Ralph Cole, representing the Norwalk Water Pollution Control Authority, told the commission the existing Killer Brook pump station suffered catastrophic flood damage during August 2024 storm events and must be rebuilt elsewhere. The current station lies in a FEMA-designated floodway and under high-voltage Eversource transmission lines, which limits constructability and makes rebuilds in place ineligible for FEMA reimbursement. Cole said an adjacent parcel at 493 Connecticut Avenue is…
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