A local contractor pitched his ambitious vision for the Connecticut River waterfront between the I-95 Baldwin Bridge and the Connecticut River Railroad Bridge to the town’s Zoning Commission on Monday – including multifamily housing, shops, and a raised boardwalk connecting the two marinas on Ferry Road. Cal Caldarella told the commission that he has spent five years acquiring property on Ferry Road, just south of Interstate 95, and working through various concepts for uses of the site. John Milone, engineer with SLR Consulting, presented the outline of the plan for a marina, shops, restaurants and multifamily housing, complete with a waterfront boardwalk and public access. Milone said the design wasn’t a plan for development, but a “basis for discussion.” The properties would require a change in zoning to allow these kinds of development. Caldarella’s team raised the possibility of a Coastal Access Special Development District or a Coastal Access Overlay Zone – both requiring site plans to be approved by the zoning commission.
Ambitious Redevelopment of Old Saybrook Riverfront Pitched to Zoning Commissioners