Town officials say the planning phase of the project has ended. What would you like to see on the development models?
Since 2008, the three Aquidneck Island communities have been holding public meetings, hearings and gathering comments on how to best use roughly 175 acres of west side land parcels surplused by the Navy. On Tuesday night, Middletown Town Administrator Shawn Brown told Middletown Town Council members that by this June, the project's initial models will be completed and councilors will have decisions to make. Brown said the project has moved into the implementation phase. “We no longer talk about what we want to do, we talk about the mechanics of what we want to do with the property,” said Brown. Middletown has three potential development projects. How would you like to see these lands used? Straddling Middletown and Portsmouth, …
The Middletown Town Council received the final conceptual proposal Monday night and is expected to vote in two weeks on whether to proceed with the West Main Road-Coddington Highway redevelopment project as presented.
The Middletown Town Council is potentially one meeting away from greenlighting plans to convert the former Navy Lodge property and adjacent public lands at the West Main Road-Coddington Highway junction into a village-style center for business, retail and government center uses. Following a final presentation of the 110-page document outlining the conceptual redevelopment plans Monday night, Middletown Planning Director Ronald Wolanski requested the council's endorsement at their meeting scheduled for Oct. 3 in order for the project to move forward. Planning consultant Geoffrey Morrison-Logan of the firm V.H.B. walked the council through the elements of the plan and gave a glimpse of the next steps to come, which will involve a zoning …
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