City of Derby

Boat Ram, Fishing Pier & Trails Proposed for O'Sullivan's Island

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The city's proposal to enhance O’Sullivan’s Peninsula in Derby has made it to the final round of review by the Housatonic Restoration CT SubCouncil.  The project would receive grant funding of $325,000 from the Housatonic Restoration Basin Natural Resources Restoration Project for the following:

• install a fishing pier for disabled persons
• modify the boat ramp
• install a swale to capture non-point source runoff from the parking lot
• install a walkway of porous pavers
• restore the riverbank by removing non-native species and replanting while creating fishing coves

  If you believe in this project, you can help by providing a letter of support. Please take a moment a write a note addressed to the following person:

Ms. Laura Fontanella
DEP Inland Fisheries Division
Hartford, CT 06106

Forward the your letter to:

Arthur Bogen
Environmental Planner
Valley Council of Governments
12 Main Street
Derby, CT 06418 or by email to abogen@valleycog.org

The Valley Council of Governments will present all of the letters at a public hearing.

For more information, contact Art Bogen at the above e-mail address.

Originally posted on January 3, 2008