Seymour Land Trust recreation area needs more than $2.7 million in repairs

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
SEYMOUR — The Seymour Land Trust property off Chatfield Street, heavily damaged by flooding after a freak rainstorm July 8, will need more than $2.7 million in repairs to restore a recreation area.
The trails at Legion Pool park and Chatfield Park were destroyed after that storm, described as a microburst, and torrential rains in mid-August. The microburst did extensive damage in Seymour, Oxford and Beacon Falls.
A 93-foot wooden foot bridge over Bladens Brook, which survived the July 8 storm, was washed downstream in August. The bridge provided access to trails, a covered bridge and nearby Chatfield Park.

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