The City Council on Monday started a process to discontinue a portion of Lawler Lane in a move that could help attract the first development project to the new Occum Industrial Center. The council considered a resolution to discontinue 1,500 feet of Lawler Lane where land for the Occum Industrial Center lies on both sides of the road. The entire stretch of road proposed for closure is abutted by the Occum Industrial Center, owned by the Norwich Community Development Corp. Abutting properties on either end of the closed portion would have nearby outlets ― Canterbury Turnpike to the south and Scotland Road to the north. Development on the industrial park land would not use Lawler Lane at all, Salomone said, but would exclusively use the new industrial park access road that will run from Route 97 near Interstate 395, Exit 18. The industrial park road, funded by $11.4 million in state grants, is planned to end at the Lawler Lane industrial park property.
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