Bridgeport, CT – Today, Mayor Ganim issued a statement regarding United Illuminating’s application to install monopoles at Metro North Railroad:

“As Mayor of the City of Bridgeport, I am gratified that the Connecticut Siting Council today rejected United Illuminating’s application to place monopoles along the Metro North railroad.  The Siting Council appropriately heard the concerns of Bridgeport and Fairfield officials and residents who were not heard when this proposal was originally filed in 2023.

This means if United Illuminating wants to continue to pursue this project, UI will now have to meaningfully engage Bridgeport and Fairfield in a robust public process. This is what we have asked for all along.   

My thanks to City residents who spoke up to make their voices heard, to Attorney Lee Hoffman of Pullman & Comley and Bridgeport City Attorney Tyisha Toms who successfully represented our interests before the Siting Council and the Superior Court, and to the Bridgeport and Fairfield legislators who amplified our concerns and worked together throughout this process.

I continue to demand that if this project is to be built, this project should be built underground. I remain ready and willing to negotiate in good faith with UI towards an acceptable below ground alternative proposal.”