MIDDLETOWN—The common council’s rejection of a proposal to bond $38 million to build a two-level parking structure behind the police station on Main Street has left some officials surprised or disappointed. The garage would have created up to 320 new parking spaces in a city where the lots are full, even as redevelopment surges. “We are at capacity,” Middletown Economic Development Director Christine Marques told the council at a special meeting Thursday. “We have nowhere to park cars.” Marques was before the council to explain the outline of the proposal known as “Option C,” which included setting space aside for a future multi-story apartment complex with it’s own underground parking abutting deKoven Drive. The development would be similar to the now-stalled Village at Riverside project. The initial, mixed-use project proposed by Spectra Construction & Development Corp. in 2022 called for a block-sized, multilevel housing and retail complex that would include a public square and pedestrian walkways in full view of the Connecticut River.

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