Government & Politics
Park & Rec Commission Backs Off Pool Idea for Weed Beach
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After surveys showed strong support around town for a swimming pool — but a public hearing showed adamant opposition from many others to one at Weed Beach — the Parks & Recreation Commission on Wednesday backed away from the proposal, but just for now. Instead, commission Chairman Mary Flynn announced that she would ask the Board of Selectmen to create an advisory committee to help revise the town’s development plan for parks and recreational services. As part of that work, the committee would look into where a swimming pool would best be located in town, “which may still be at Weed Beach in the same location,” Flynn said. At a Parks & Recreation Commission public hearing last month, there were many voices from residents of the neighborhood and elsewhere, strongly opposed to a pool, which they said would be too noisy. There were plenty of voices in favor of a pool, too, with supporters — including many with young children (a large demographic group in Darien) saying they needed a better place for children to swim than a beach where the tide was out half the time.