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Goodwin College received the last of the necessary town approvals to go ahead with construction on an early childhood magnet school and a regional magnet high school.

The town planning and zoning commission granted approval Wednesday night of Goodwin College's most recent application — an 84,000-square-foot, four-story magnet high school to house what is currently the Pathways to Technology school in Windsor.

The new high school, to be named the Academy for Advanced Design and Technology, will be located at Pent Road and High Street.

The early childhood magnet school, which is a 16-classroom school for 3- to 5-year-olds, is planned to share a parcel of land with Willowbrook School.

Todd Andrews, vice president for college relations and advancement, said Goodwin plans to begin construction by the end of this year on all of the its magnet schools, including the campus designed for the Connecticut River Academy at the intersection of Colt Street and Riverside Drive.

Herbst Should Stop Delaying the Magnet School Project - Trumbull ...

DiNardo and Thornton focus instead on the effects of mitigation construction.

Apparently, someone forgot to tell First Selectman Tim Herbst that the border crossing that has negotiated the road near the Old City has been approved, the decision is final and magnet high school will be built in this which is now Bridgeport.

After bad decisions Herbst cost millions to the city in payments and in-kind services, Bridgeport, Trumbull and cost of its ability to control aspects of the building and caused the Trumbull border to be moved without commensurate action of Bridgeport , city attorney Herbst, Edward Walsh, has given notice to the Planning and Zoning Commission this week that Bridgeport Trumbull will use the project's approval by the inland wetlands and Bridgeport Water Board.

It’s unclear what Herbst is doing, but the effect is to impede the start of the project and the perception is that the Trumbull first selectman just wants to get back at Bridgeport.

“If the first selectman has a legitimate concern about the Bridgeport wetlands approval, he should spell it out, and try to work it out,” said Town Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo. “But the truth is that the Trumbull Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission has long since approved the project, and the Bridgeport approval was even more stringent than Trumbull’s. It looks like Tim is just interested in delaying this project because of his failed attempt at high-stakes gamesmanship.”

Town Council Minority Leader Mary Beth Thornton said that Herbst gave up control of the project when he made the land swap. He should instead work to ensure that the surrounding streets are insulated from the impact of the construction for the next two years.

“If First Selectman Herbst’s regrettable negotiations hadn’t taken control out of Trumbull’s hands, the Trumbull Planning and Zoning Commission was prepared to impose strict limitations on the blasting, grinding and rock removal from the site,” Thornton said. “Mr. Herbst should be focused on protecting the quality of life of our residents who live adjacent to the project for the next 24 months, not on refighting a battle he already lost.”

What’s more, Thornton noted, Herbst’s actions are keeping construction contractors throughout the region and in Trumbull from bidding on what will be the largest project in the area in years. At a time when construction-industry workers need work, the first selectman’s apparent decision to appeal the project means is negatively impacting those workers.

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