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. NVCOG is administering the grant on behalf of the towns, and Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB) is the project engineer. The project is part of the larger 44-mile NRG trail that is planned to follow the Naugatuck River from Torrington to Derby.
The original purpose of the project was to design and construct a trailhead and trail on town property in Thomaston adjacent to the town water pollution control and animal control facilities connecting to an existing historic trolley bridge over Branch Brook, and design critical features including drainage and rail separation for a trail to be constructed in the future in Watertown. Investigation into the reuse of the Trolley Bridge revealed that it would be more cost effective to construct a new crossing. The scope was altered to use the limited construction funds to fully design a new crossing full design of a new crossing of Branch Brook.
The trail segment and trailhead parking in Thomaston will provide access to the NRG, Mattatuck and Branch Brook Trails via a new pedestrian bridge over Branch Brook that was designed as part of this project. Thomaston and Watertown each applied for Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program (LoTCIP) funding to construct sections of the NRG Trail in the respective towns.


- Current Projects
- Statutory Land Use Referrals
- SMM Trash Reduction Pilot Program
- NVision 2022
- O’Sullivan’s Island Fishing and Viewing Platform
- Roadway Projects
- Transportation Planning Studies
- Route 8 & Waterbury Branch Line Corridor/Alternative Modes Study
- Oxford Route 67 Alternative Transportation Study
- Active Transportation Plan
- Woodbury – Route 6 Corridor Study
- Preliminary Assessment of Pedestrian Safety Route 64 Corridor, Middlebury
- Valley Transit Bus Shelters
- Waterbury West Main Street Corridor Study
- Interstate 84/ Route 8 New Mix
- Brownfields
- 272 River Street, Waterbury
- 835 South Main Street, Waterbury
- 280 Elm Street, Naugatuck
- 170 Freight Street & 00 West Main Street, Waterbury
- 143 Wolcott Road, Wolcott
- Main Street South, Derby
- 318 North Main Street, Southington
- Derby O’Sullivan’s Island
- 1 Main Street, Berlin
- 0 Andrew Avenue, Naugatuck
- 300 Broad Street, Bristol
- 67-71 Minerva Street, Derby
- 698 South Main Street, Waterbury
- 526 North Main Street, Waterbury
- 359 Mill Street, Waterbury (Brass City Harvest)
- 226 Rubber Ave, Naugatuck
- 130 Freight Street, Waterbury
- 909 Bank Street, Waterbury
- 100 Franklin Street, Torrington
- Mad River, Waterbury
- Past Brownfields Projects
- Ansonia-Derby Regional School Study
- Regional Wastewater Treatment Consolidation Study
- Kinneytown Dam Removal
- Naugatuck River Greenway
- Regional Plan of Conservation and Development
Project Documents:
Design Plans:
Reports:
DRAFT Habitat Study
Trolley Bridge Assessment
Public Information Meeting (6/21/2018) Materials:
Staff contact:
Aaron Budris
Senior Regional Planner
abudris@nvcogct.gov