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Article: Future of West River project uncertain
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- New Haven Register
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- August 11, 2006
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The future of West River Crossing is up in the air after a pre-
development agreement with the waterfront site's developer expired,
leaving the project at least temporarily in the lurch. Despite the
standstill, city officials said they are formulating a vision for the
site, including whether the project will be put out to bid for the
third time since its conceptual inception in September 1997.
The project calls for redeveloping more than 30 acres of moribund
industrial properties along the West River and New Haven Harbor into
a shopping and tourism center.
But to do so will take time, according to city Development and
Planning Commissioner Eileen Buckheit, who met on the issue this week
with ...