Date: Fri 16-Apr-1999

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

Quick Words:

Housatonic-Railroad-MacMillan

Full Text:

Hawleyville Project Ordered To Stop

The town has placed stop-work orders on Housatonic Railroad's project to build

a new driveway from Hawleyville Road to a lumber storage yard.

Rita Macmillan, the town land use director, said Thursday land use officials

met Wednesday with railroad representatives to discuss the driveway project

which the town halted after it was found to violate conservation and zoning

regulations. The project is just north of the Hawleyville Post Office.

The railroad will either have to obtain a special exception to the zoning

regulations or a change of zone from the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z)

to legally build the driveway, Mrs Macmillan said.

Also, the railroad will have to obtain a forest practices permit from the

Conservation Commission for the work, she said. The railroad cut down some

trees without first obtaining Conservation Commission approval, she said.

"They are being cooperative. They didn't realize they were doing anything

wrong," Mrs Macmillan said of the railroad's response to the cease-and-desist

orders which halted the project.