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# Next Door in New Fairfield: Affordable-Housing Decision Waits on Town Engineer
- URL: https://www.brookfieldcurrent.com/new-fairfield-affordable-housing-decision-waits/
- Published: 2026-10-24T14:18:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T14:18:49.000Z
- Description: New Fairfield's Zoning Commission has continued its decision on a 24-home development at Hoover Place and Coolidge Street, with a final review by the town engineer still to come.
- Author: The Brookfield Current
- Tags: News

A 24-home development proposed for Hoover Place and Coolidge Street in New Fairfield remains in limbo after the town's Zoning Commission continued its decision at its October 7 meeting. The project is moving through the approvals process under 8-30g, Connecticut's affordable housing land use appeals law.

The delay comes down to one review: the commission is waiting for Town Engineer Tony Iadarola to review final changes to the plans. First Selectman Pat Del Monaco explained at the meeting that recent staffing changes had unavoidably slowed the process. The developer's attorney, Ward Mazzucco, pressed for a decision, noting the project has lingered for months, but the commission opted to wait for the engineer's sign-off.

Traffic was the longest discussion of the night. Mazzucco told the commission that a professional traffic engineer's report found the traffic generated by the homes would be adequately and safely handled by the surrounding roads and intersections, and that the traffic impact would be limited. The state could add a traffic light or a turning lane in the future, he added.

Two earlier concerns appear resolved. The developer's hydrogeologist concluded that the bedrock aquifer in the area likely has enough yield to supply the new system, with at least two wells planned, each with a safe yield of at least 8.52 gallons per minute, followed by yield tests to document capacity. And questions about emergency vehicle access to the narrow-street neighborhood were settled after Iadarola signed off on the plans following consultation with the town's fire marshal and fire chief.

The commission's next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 4, at 7:30 p.m., when the project could come back for a decision.

For Brookfield readers, the case is a close-up of how the state's affordable-housing law plays out in a neighboring town — the same pressures of housing demand, traffic, and water supply that shape development debates on this side of the town line.