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Cheshire Planning Commission keeps POCD hearing open after wide public comment on environment, sidewalks and traffic
Summary
Consultant presented the draft Plan of Conservation & Development; residents and advisory commissions urged stronger energy and conservation policies, clearer implementation metrics, and faster traffic measures. The commission will keep the public hearing open to March 9 and replace matrix timeframes with priority levels.
For the Town of Cheshire Planning & Zoning Commission, a months‑long rewrite of the town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) opened for public comment on Feb. 9 as planners summarized the draft and dozens of residents and advisory-commission members urged changes.
Robin Newton of Tyche Planning and Policy Group opened the presentation, saying the POCD is a statutory, advisory document intended to guide town decisions for the next 10 years after community outreach that included hundreds of survey responses and thousands of website visits. “This is basically a statutory document ... that helps to say what you want to conserve and what you want to develop,” Newton said.
The hearing quickly turned to implementation and substance. Dan Knutson, speaking for…
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