FISH with CARE Event – Derby, CT

CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Fisheries Division, in collaboration with The City of Derby and the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG), will host a “FISH with CARE”…

Metropolitan Transportation Plan

I-84 in Waterbury

An opportunity to turn data and public input into a 25 -year vision for transportation in the NVCOG Region.    Updating Our Plan The public outreach period for the Metropolitan Transportation […]

SGA Complete Streets Academy

Connecticut was selected to participate in Smart Growth America’s Complete Streets Academy with the cities of Bristol, Middletown, and Waterbury. The NVCOG and its partner communities, Waterbury and Bristol, participated…

Interstate 84/ Route 8 New Mix

The Mixmaster The interchange of Interstate 84 and Connecticut Route 8, located just west of Downtown Waterbury, has long been called “the Mixmaster” because of the complex web of highways,…

Active Transportation Plan

The Naugatuck Valley Active Transportation Plan (NVATP) will aim to coordinate efforts across our 19 municipal members. By compiling best practices and standards, NVCOG aims to encourage increased access to safe, convenient walking/rolling and biking facilities.

Regional Housing Profile

The NVCOG completed the organization’s first Regional Housing Profile (RHP) in 2022. The Regional Housing Profile compiles data from all 19 communities in the region to create a regional overview of housing trends and provide strategies for improving housing stock and housing affordability. 

Route 67 Seymour – Spot Improvements

The design of the project has been completed to improve Route 67 from the west end of the Klarides Village retail development extending easterly along Bank Street to the eastern side of the bridge over the Naugatuck River. The project will proceed to construction in the Spring of 2024.

NRG Thomaston – Watertown Design & Construction

The Towns of Thomaston and Watertown received a federal Recreational Trails Program grant through the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to design and construct a trailhead parking area and short section of Naugatuck River Greenway (NRG) trail in Thomaston and to design critical features along the future NRG route in Watertown.

Ansonia–Derby Regional School Study

Old classroom in a museum

  Ansonia -Derby School Regionalization Study In May 2018, The Connecticut General Assembly approved Public Act 18–169, which appropriated funding for a school consolidation study for the Cities of Ansonia […]