Al Lima, the city's director of planning and economicdevelopment, tells GlobeSt.com that Fairfield's project did notarouse the controversy other large housing projects did mainlybecause of its location which is relatively isolated. The projectwill be located on a 40-acre parcel of vacant land in anindustrially zoned area right near Route 495 bordering twoindustrial parks.

Lima points out that because the project is comprised of mainlyone- and two-bedroom units, the town is not concerned that itsschool system will be overburdened by the project.

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