This Is Why Legislation Stopping $10 Million Silver Sands Project Failed: Report

MILFORD, CT — It seems the controversial planned $10 million project for Silver Sands State Park has been on the table forever already.

The project, which most residents don't want, was back in the news this week because a proposal in the General Assembly to halt the project for two years died at the last minute in the waning hours of the legislature's session.

It had looked like the bill would be approved but in the end it never came up for a final vote. What this means is that the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency's project is still on track to be built.

Patch is seeking a comment from DEEP on the actual status of the project.

The Silver Sands proposal, which is currently estimated to cost $10 million, includes plans for a concession stand, storage building, bath house, guard house and ticket booth. Milford residents primarily oppose the project because it would mean they'd have to pay to use the park, which is something they don't have to do currently. Also, there is a concern that the ticket booth will lead to more people parking on already congested neighborhood streets. Environmental concerns have also been cited.

The Connecticut Post's Capitol Bureau Chief Ken Dixon goes in-depth in his story about how the bill halting the Silver Sands project failed at the last minute.

If you want to know all of the details for how the bill failed, please click here to read Dixon's behind the scenes take.