Politics & Government

UPDATED: Haddam Land Swap Back in Play

Sen. Daily is Pushing For a Deal to Give the Riverhouse at Goodspeed Station State Land Near the Connecticut River.

The Hartford Courant is reporting that Sen. Eileen Daily, D-Westbrook, has revived a controversial land swap in which the owners of the Riverhouse banquet facility would get 17 acres of state land near the Connecticut River in exchange for 87 acres of forest land they own in Higganum.

The Connecticut River Gateway Commission said it will oppose the swap, awaiting more details on the transfer. A tenative hearing in Hartford is scheduled for March 14.

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