Draft Reports Now Available for Public Comment

Study Overview

COGCNV is conducting a routing study for the Naugatuck River Greenway through the towns of Beacon Falls, Naugatuck, Watertown, and Thomaston. The study is part of an effort to build a 44-mile multiuse recreational trail along the Naugatuck River from Torrington to Derby, Connecticut. This study will do the following:

• Identify important destinations that should be connected to the greenway. 
• Research potential issues along various portions of the greenway.
• Recommend a precise route for the greenway. 
• Provide greenway cost estimates.
• Recommend phasing for construction.

The product of this study will be a stand-alone report for each of the four towns, as well as a regional report that encompasses the recommendations for the entire greenway in the Central Naugatuck Valley region.  The regional report will incorporate the recommendations of the individual reports listed above, as well as Waterbury Development Corporation’s Waterbury Greenway Study (completed in February 2010). 

COGCNV has hired a consultant team, led by Alta Planning + Design, to complete the routing study.  The routing study is expected to be completed in early fall 2010.