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North End plan, traffic and 'overdevelopment' dominate questions for Cheshire council hopefuls
Summary
Candidates debated future uses of 58 state‑owned North End acres, concerns about traffic and overdevelopment, and how to coordinate development with infrastructure and public safety needs.
Candidates at the Town of Cheshire forum addressed long‑standing concerns about the state‑owned 58 acres in the North End, traffic congestion on Route 10 and side streets, and the town’s approach to development and public‑safety capacity.
Laurie Barnes, a North End native running for town council, said she favored mixed‑use redevelopment rather than heavy industrial reuse and emphasized listening to community input: “Initially, the plan that we looked at… a lot of people came out and said, this needs to go away,” she said, describing the prior public reaction to a proposed development.
Several candidates stressed that…
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