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Residents push Stamford Planning Board to finish long-delayed Bukowski Park
Summary
At a Jan. 13 public hearing, residents and elected representatives urged the Stamford Planning Board to prioritize funding to complete Bukowski Park — a project with an eight-year-old master plan — citing stalled work, safety concerns and a pending matching grant.
The Stamford Planning Board heard sustained public calls on Jan. 13 to allocate money to finish Bukowski Park, a park project residents say has languished since its master plan was completed in 2017.
Tony Soufas, president of the Dolphin Cove Association, asked the board in a written letter read into the record to “find the necessary funding to support the completion of Bukowski Park development,” saying eight years of intermittent work have left residents with “a half finished project.”
Why it matters: Speakers said the unfinished park has community-safety and equity implications for nearby neighborhoods. Several residents and an elected representative pressed the board to use available capital funds — or identify cuts…
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