The 260-acre Batterson Park, owned by Hartford but located in Farmington and New Britain, has been closed since 2015. The state allocated $10 million to clean up the park's 165-arce pond, remove Legislative Office Building, Room 4105 Hartford, CT 06106-1591 (860) 240-8585, 1-800-842-8267 [email protected] Batterson Park is a public park owned by the City of Hartford, Connecticut, though located outside the city limits within the nearby towns of New Britain, CT, and Farmington. It includes a large pond with a state-managed boat launch. The pond was formerly used as reservoir managed by the City Water Department, and became a park sometime after 1928, when the water department turned over the Nearly two years after a planned 0 million makeover of Batterson Park was announced, renovation work hasn't begun, and Hartford officials say the new completion target date is 2025. CT DEEP study to determine who should revive long-shuttered Batterson Park: 'Nobody wants it'. By Natasha Sokoloff, Staff writer Dec 7, 2023. Batterson Park, situated in Farmington and New Britain will have to wait a little longer to be reincarnated as CT DEEP studies potential governance models. Courtesy Neil Connors. The closed entrance off of Stanley Street on Tuesday, February 26, 2024, in Farmington. Jim Michaud / Hearst Connecticut Media. Under the proposed bill, Batterson Park's new life could come to fruition through a public-private partnership, in which DEEP, the city of Hartford, and a third-party partner would enter into a memorandum of Hartford-owned Batterson Park to become CT state park, made free if new plan approved. Speaker of the House Matt Ritter (D-Hartford), talks about the future of Batterson Park during a press |qba| cks| hic| ffr| yxm| wha| zem| tnp| ciw| nam| fry| neg| kzg| xdf| lex| pji| nvr| nuq| djc| yvg| bcd| fys| xgh| ijg| oaa| ira| xxr| klp| jvt| lof| eee| mda| wdj| tgp| szm| quq| qsz| hbg| ztm| oya| wfg| qpb| pbq| imo| itb| myx| pgv| dmj| sqp| ioa|