Haddam Residents Petition for Land Swap Hearing

A petition calling for a public hearing on the controversial land swap, signed by 135 town residents, calls for the to schedule a town meeting to adopt the following resolution:

“Be it resolved by the Town Meeting of the Town of Haddam, having had ample time to debate and reflect on the consequences of the General Assembly's passage of Special Act 11-16, Section 8, that the town legislature opposes the above described state legislatively mandated conveyance and calls on the General Assembly to immediately repeal Section 8 of Special Act 11-16”

The controversial would see the state give 17 acres of state-owned land near the Connecticut River to a private developer in exchange for 87 acres of forest land in Higganum.

To read the full petition story on the Haddam Bulletin, click here.