I cover most aspects of The Day s home city, reporting on politics, education and economic development among other things going on in New London. The best part of the job is listening to the ideas generated by the people of this scrappy little city full of optimism, activism and determination. I m a father of two incredible kids whose wife is a dedicated nurse at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.
Greg Smith
I cover most aspects of The Day s home city, reporting on politics, education and economic development among other things going on in New London. The best part of the job is listening to the ideas generated by the people of this scrappy little city full of optimism, activism and determination. I m a father of two incredible kids whose wife is a dedicated nurse at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.
It is kind of delicious for someone like me, who believes the stalled and impossibly expensive and impractical plans for a downtown New London Coast Guard museum need to be scrapped, to read a scathing criticism of the project by one of its partners.
Cross Sound Ferry eventually signed on to support the problematic waterfront museum site after then Gov. Dannel Malloy pledged in 2013 to provide $20 million to build a bridge across the railroad tracks connecting the downtown to the proposed museum as well as a new ferry terminal planned by Cross Sound.
The ferry company, it seems, hated the idea of the waterfront museum before it loved it.
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Key takeaways from government response to Productivity Commission s Review of Infrastructure Contributions in NSW
The government response was released on Friday, 5 March 2021. In summary, the government has accepted all of the recommendations of the NSW Productivity Commission – a somewhat extraordinary outcome.
The government response will require a slew of legislative changes. Some of the key changes are:
Changes to rate pegging: Local councils will be able to grow their rate revenue as their population increases – a logical and long overdue reform which should relieve some of the pressure on developer contributions to cover funding gaps.
Introduction of a “direct land contribution”: This will be a requirement for a landowner whose land is rezoned to pay money, or dedicate land, which will be secured by a charge on the land. The payment/dedication will be required to be made either on sale or development of the land.