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Groton traffic authority concurs no significant state-highway impact for Gold Star Highway multifamily project
Summary
The Town of Groton Local Traffic Authority voted to concur that the proposed multifamily development on Gold Star Highway is not expected to have an adverse impact on the state highway system, advancing the project toward CTDOT encroachment-permit review.
The Town of Groton Local Traffic Authority voted to concur that a proposed multifamily development on Gold Star Highway is not anticipated to have an adverse impact on the state highway system. John Mert, the town manager, read the motion and the authority approved it with no opposition; Chief LJ Fazaro seconded the motion.
The project will tie a new driveway into the existing signal at Gold Star Highway and Toll Gate Road, creating a fourth leg at that intersection, the applicant's traffic engineer, Ethan Shikoski of TBD Engineering, told the authority. Shikoski said the plan includes a new westbound left-turn lane into the development, a slightly lengthened left-turn lane on Toll Gate Road, new sidewalk on the south side of Gold Star Highway, improved pedestrian signal facilities and additional crosswalks, and drainage improvements along the site frontage. "We've been working on this site almost 2 years now," Shikoski said, and the team has addressed CTDOT geotechnical and drainage concerns that preceded the authority's review.
Mert read the motion proposing concurrence "that the development proposed by Lyman Development Corporation and PGA PJ and A LLC at 517, 529, 533, and 571 Gold Star Highway ... with the mitigation outlined in the draft traffic investigation report ... is not anticipated to have an adverse impact on a state highway system." Chief LJ Fazaro seconded; after calling for a vote the chair declared the motion carried. The authority's concurrence advances the process so the developer can pursue a CTDOT encroachment permit and final design review.
Jeff Foster, deputy director of public works, said his office will provide a separate technical review and expected to forward engineering comments later in the week. Deb Jones, deputy director of planning and development, said the administrative site-plan review is underway and she did not anticipate major zoning issues. The authority did not adopt additional conditions beyond the mitigation shown in the traffic report.
The authority adjourned following the vote. Next procedural steps cited by participants include final CTDOT encroachment-permit review and continued coordination during construction.
