Brewer Street Subdivision: Traffic, Drainage Concerns

0:00It's April 28, you're listening to Hartford News today, AI-powered local news. A developer called Brewer Development wants to drive 19 new single-family homes on about 13 acres along Brewer Street in East Hartford. They filed for a 19-loss subdivision back in March on land at 215 and 231 Brewer Street Rear. The plan includes a new town-dedicated road, linking Handel Road and Jefferson Lane, plus donating 6.3 acres of open space. The company, based in Lakeville, snapped up the lots through related firms last year for $160,000 total. The areas mixed with homes, new warehouses at Renshlerfield, and spots like Pratt & Whitney in Cabela's nearby. Town planners already greenlit in inland wetlands permit in January. Locals on Jefferson Lane and Handel Road aren't thrilled, citing worries over traffic, stormwater drainage, and potential zone shifts. The town council unanimously pushed back on April 21, urging planners to reroute the road to head Brewer Street instead to keep.

1:02Neighborhood stable and Handel Road as a dead end cul-de-sac. At the public hearing on April 22, four residents air those concerns, but the commission continued things to May 13. The chairman noted the drainage plan avoids flooding neighbors, and they're waiting on a legal opinion about who controls the land transfer. Right now, it's all hanging on that legal review, and the next meeting as engineers and staff back the safer Handel access over the council's idea.