Hamden wetlands commissioners review New Haven Country Club plan, press for tree-replacement, medallions and environmental survey

The Town of Hamden Inland Wetlands Commission on Jan. 6 reviewed a site plan from the New Haven Country Club to demolish an existing pool-house and storage building and build a new pool house and a cart barn at 160 Hartford Turnpike, while renovating parking and upgrading stormwater controls to reduce runoff to Lake Whitney.

Marcus Puddock, a civil engineer and land surveyor with Godfrey Hoffman Hodge, told the commission the project would retain the existing pool, add a cart barn and a walking path, renovate paved and gravel parking, and replace a single existing catch basin system that drains roughly 11 acres with a set of improved catch basins, a hydrodynamic separator and an armored outfall. "This is a huge upgrade," Puddock said of the stormwater work, which he said will capture wash water from electric golf carts and route it through treatment before it reaches the stream.

Commissioners focused on construction limits and wetland protection. Puddock estimated tree removal would be "25 to 30" trees in the disturbed zone but said he did not have an exact count; he described a localized disturbance of about 20–34 feet where clearing is needed for footings and access but said…