Environmental Planning Projects

The 19 Naugatuck Valley municipalities are split among four different planning regions. Each region received 1M dollars to create a Priority Climate Action Plan, Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, and two years of Status Reports. Learn more about your community’s progress.

The CNVMPO was awarded funds from the USDOT RAISE discretionary grant program. The project will complete the environmental assessment and design plans for sections of the Naugatuck River Greenway Trail.

For nearly two centuries, migratory fish have been blocked from most of the Naugatuck River by Kinneytown Dam in Seymour.  That continues today, with the facility no longer producing electricity and serving no useful purpose.  Now, a project is underway led by NVCOG in partnership with Save the Sound to

The NVCOG is working to facilitate the relocation of two sewer siphons that are owned by the Town of Seymour to facilitate the removal of the Kinneytown Dam and restoration of the Naugatuck River.

Thomaston and Watertown received a CT DEEP Recreational Trails grant to design and construct a trailhead parking area and short section of NRG trail in Thomaston and to design critical features along the future NRG route in Watertown.

The NVCOG Equity Explorer is a unified platform for tracking socioeconomic and environmental indicators to ensure that fairness, justice, and sustainability remain essential components in all decision-making processes.

CT DEEP's Climate Resilience Fund awarded NVCOG a grant to develop and advance culvert replacement and drainage system improvement projects in nine municipalities. This regional effort aims to reduce stormwater flooding, repair infrastructure, and incorporate elements of LID.

The U.S. Forest Service awarded NVCOG a grant to research and catalog priority Open Space parcels across the region. The major deliverable of this project will be a GIS map layer of OS with detailed attributes including ownership, acreage, level of legal protection, public access status, and more.

This study will analyze existing waste management practices among the 19 municipalities and recommend paths to regionalization. One possible outcome is the formation of a Regional Waste Authority, which could engage in shared services & staff, collaborative purchasing, and regional programming.

The U.S. Forest Service awarded NVCOG a grant to assess, map, and characterize tree cover across the region. A robust tree cover mitigates high temperatures, filters air pollution, and can improve property values and quality of life in urban areas.