A public hearing is being held in Newtown Thursday night about a proposed expansion of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company's substation on Route 34.  The fire substation proposal is to expand the current facility on Berkshire Road from about 1,500 square feet to more than 3,500 square feet.  The substation was built in the 1960s, and is no longer large enough for the unit. 

The expansion of two garage bays is planned for the back of the building on the nearly 2.5 acre property.  The current facility would then be retrofitted.  The Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company's main facility is located on Riverside Road. 

$375,000 in town funding would pay for the expansion, subject to voter approval at a town meeting.

Aquarion Water Company has proposed a water pumping station on a half acre lot the utility owns at 350 South Main Street.  The property is located near the Monroe town line.  The company says in their special permit application that the water pumping station would transfer water from the supply system in Monroe to the system in Newtown on an "as needed" basis. 

The Newtown Board of Selectmen has referred three items to the Planning and Zoning Commission.  There are two special appropriations, each in the amount of $300,000, for the planning, design and construction of improvements to the Edmond Town Hall building and to CH Booth Library. 

The other referral is a special appropriation in the amount of $3.6 million for the planning, design and construction of improvements of Newtown High School auditorium.

The meeting  is at 7:30pm at the Newtown Municipal Center.