Land use/development

Branford citizens care about improving the overall quality of life in our town. We are now almost fully developed, and many older retail, commercial and industrial sites are not being put to the best use. We support the Community Vision Project initiated by the Economic Development Commission, seeking to promote development balanced with open space and historic preservation, especially reinvigorating unused previously developed space and “brownfields”. All land use plans must consider impacts on traffic, and need for additional utility infrastructure and municipal services.