Environmental planning

CCRPA believes in respecting the environment and actively integrates it into all of its planning endeavors. The Agency has completed studies on the environmental issues including:

facility siting, such as of cell towers for mobile telephone service
resource extraction, such as rock and gravel removal operations
pollution, such as air quality and greenhouse gas emissions
watershed protection and management
open space and greenway planning

As part of its environmental planning endeavors, CCRPA staff represents the region at the following organizations:

Environmental Review Team
King's Mark Resource Conservation & Development Project, Inc.
Regional Brownfields Partnership of West Central Connecticut
New England National Scenic Trail

For copies of our environmental work, please see Plans and Publications.