Amy Souchuns
‘Our Purview Is To Protect the Town’: P&Z Opens Application for 14-Unit Affordable Project on Parade Hill Road
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Members of the Planning & Zoning Commission called on those behind the proposed redevelopment of a Parade Hill Road lot for a 14-unit affordable housing complex to obtain a traffic study as part of their application. Addressing the developer behind the project, Richard Freedman, as well as his attorney, Amy Souchuns of Milford-based MacDermid, Reynolds & Glissman, P.C., P&Z Chair Dan Radman noted that although the proposal sets aside one parking space for each unit, it’s not a guarantee that its residents will drive. “I want a traffic study, including pedestrian traffic,” Radman said during a March 9 special meeting where Freedman and Souchuns gave a preliminary presentation to P&Z on the project. “I think the last thing we want to avoid is placing someone in an affordable housing unit that has no vehicular transportation and is forced to walk down roads and streets and [Route] 123 that has no sidewalks, and put them in harm’s way,” Radman said during the meeting, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. Asked why there’s no formal parking study, Souchuns said, “It’s 14 units and a site plan.