Large Trucking Company Expansion OK'd In Southington

SOUTHINGTON, CT — The town's zoning board earlier this month easily approved a large expansion project for a trucking/warehouse/freight company operating a facility in Southington.

The Southington Planning and Zoning Commission April 18 unanimously voted to approve a site plan application that allows the locally-based A. Duie Pyle, Inc., located at 87 Aircraft Road, expand its facility and build a new, two-story parking deck that would serve 212 vehicles.

A. Duie Pyle is a West Chester, Pa.,-based company with facilities throughout the northeast.

According to project plans, Pyle would expand its current building by 10,140 square feet, build a new 16,477 maintenance building and build the new parking deck.

Project, expected to be done by December 2025, will be broken up into four phases.

According to Scott Hesketh, a traffic engineer, F.A. Hesketh & Associates, Inc., the expansion will result in an increase of 53 trips and 50 trucking trips during the morning and afternoon peak hours.

The area roadway network will accommodate the proposed increase traffic, he told the PZC.

Peter Latta, chairman and chief executive officer at Pyle, said "growth is the core value" of their company, adding he "loves the location in Southington."

This, Latta said, made expansion in Southington an easy decision to make.

With the area appropriatelly zone as "industrial," the site plan approval — which doesn't require a public hearing — was the only local approval needed by Pyle.

For the minutes of the April 18 Southington Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, click on this link.

For more information on A. Duie Pyle Corp., click on this link.