Building 208 apartments in downtown Danbury would decrease traffic, data says. Leaders don’t buy it

The project, known as The Legacy on Main has already been through the land use wringer once, gaining permission last week from the city’s wetlands commission. Blueprints call for the conversion of the existing five-story office building into studio and one-bedroom units, and the construction of a 70-foot apartment building in the parking lot with more studios and one-bedroom apartments. A small percentage of two-bedroom apartments would be distributed between the two buildings. The trouble started when Balskus presented data showing a net reduction in peak traffic counts for the new apartments, compared to the office use today. Beecher concluded his presentation by suggesting projects such as The Legacy were downtown Danbury’s future.

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