Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

Bristol Depot Square Downtown Redevelopment

3. Notice of EIE for Bristol Depot Square Redevelopment Project

Municipality where project is proposed:  Bristol

Address of Possible Project Location:  100 North Main Street, Bristol

Project Description: The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development has prepared the Environmental Impact Evaluation for the Bristol Depot Square Redevelopment Project.  The project site is an approximately 17-acre parcel located in downtown Bristol.  The site is bordered to the west by North Main Street, to the south by Riverside Avenue, to the east by the Boston and Maine Railroad, and to the north by a small commercial parcel currently occupied by a Dunkin Donuts.  The site was the location of the approximately 200,000 SF Bristol Centre Mall, which was demolished in 2008, and currently contains a detached 18,000 SF building occupied by the Bristol Discount Food Outlet. 

The proposed action consists of a mixed-use redevelopment of the 17-acre parcel known as Depot Square in Downtown Bristol.  The current master plan concept for Depot Sqaure, which will be refined through the planning and development process, includes the following major elements:  750 Residential Units, 60,000 SF of retail, 50,000 SF of office space, a 100-room hotel, 220,000 SF of urban open space, and 1,550 parking spaces.

Project Map:  Click here to view a map of the project area.

Comments on this EIE will be accepted until the close of business on:  October 22, 2010

The public can view a copy of this EIE at:                

·        City Clerk’s Office, 111 North Main Street, City Hall, Bristol, CT 06010

·        Bristol Public Library, 5 High Street, Bristol, CT 06010

·        Bristol Downtown Development Corporation, 111 North Main Street, Bristol, CT 06010

·        DECD, 505 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT 06106

·        City of Bristol website – www.ci.bristol.ct.us

·        DECD website – www.ct.gov/ecd

      There is no public hearing scheduled for this Draft EIE:  DECD will hold a public hearing if twenty-five persons or an association having not less than twenty-five persons requests such a hearing by September 17, 2010.

Send your comments about this EIE to:

Name: Nelson Tereso
Agency: Department of Economic & Community Development
Address:
505 Hudson Street Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 
Fax:
(860) 270-8213
(860) 270-8157
E-Mail: nelson.g.tereso@ct.gov