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'''Fairfield Metro Center''' was a planned {{convert|1100000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} development situated on {{convert|35|acre|m2}} in the Town of [[Fairfield, Connecticut]]. At present the state is building the bridge but no other work is underway due to a lien and foreclosure proceedings by the financial backers of the commercial piece of the project. <ref name="ctpost10">{{cite web|url=http://www.connpost.com/ci_11518532 |title=Metro Center plan hit by foreclosure action - Lien filed against project's developer|publisher=Connecticut Post|date=2009-01-22|author=G. Reilly}}</ref>Without the parking lot, roadway and commercial pieces moving forward the project remains in jeopardy of failure.<ref name="fairfieldweekly10">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=13300 |title=Train in Vain, Fairfield's Metro Center is nearly derailed by financial and legal woes
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'''Fairfield–Black Rock station''', formerly '''Fairfield Metro''', is a [[commuter rail]] station on the [[Metro-North Railroad]] [[New Haven Line]], located in the town of [[Fairfield, Connecticut]]. It opened as an [[infill station]] on December 5, 2011, and was renamed in June 2024. The station has two 12-car-long [[side platform|side platforms]] serving the outer tracks of the four-track [[Northeast Corridor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2647944/Operations-Metro-North-Railroad-Track-Charts.pdf|title=Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015|date=2015|publisher=Metro-North Railroad|access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|22}} It is fully [[accessible]].<ref name=":0" />


==History==
[[File:Fairfield-Black Rock station sign, July 2024.jpg|thumb|left|Fairfield–Black Rock station signs on platforms in July 2024]]
A three party agreement was approved in 2001 between the Town of Fairfield, the State of Connecticut and developer Blackrock Realty securing state, local and private funding to build the train station and adjoining open space and clean up work. In December 2009, the state announced a bond authorization for $20 million wherein the state would assume the developer's obligation for infrastructure work and continue the project.<ref name="zwire17">{{cite news|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20399624&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=686445&rfi=6 |title=Train Station gets a boost |newspaper=Fairfield Minuteman |date=December 31, 2009 |first=Donna O'Keefe |last=Saracco }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="fcn1">{{cite news |url=http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/20-million-for-Metro-Center-Bonding-not-328772.php |title=$20 million for Metro Center: "Bonding," not bailout, officials declare |newspaper=Fairfield Citizen |date=January 20, 2010 |first=Tim |last=Loh }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


In April 2010, the developer's obligation for infrastructure improvements was reduced to $5.2 million with the balance being financed through the state bonds. Responsibility for construction of the 1,500-car parking lot and access road at the town's third train station on lower Black Rock Turnpike was transferred to the town as the developer's financial obligation was reduced.<ref name="fcn2">{{cite news |url=http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/default/article/Fairfield-Metro-Center-back-on-track-467976.php |title=Back on track |newspaper=Fairfield Citizen |first=Genevieve |last=Reilly |date=April 30, 2010 |access-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710220031/http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/default/article/Fairfield-Metro-Center-back-on-track-467976.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> In July 2011, an audit of the contract and the cost overruns was approved by the Fairfield Board of Finance and members of the [[Representative Town Meeting]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Selectmen scrutinize Fairfield Metro contract changes |first=Genevieve |last=Reilly |url=http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/Selectmen-scrutinize-Fairfield-Metro-contract-1459363.php |newspaper=Connecticut Post |date=July 12, 2011 |access-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref> The project includes creation of a {{convert|10|acre|ha}} open space and public park along [[Ash Creek (Connecticut)|Ash Creek]] between Kings Highway in Fairfield and the [[Black Rock (Bridgeport)|Black Rock]] neighborhood of Bridgeport.<ref name="fcn2"/>
==Controversy==


Blackrock Realty and the state originally used "Fairfield Metro", but Fairfield residents found the name bland. The town held an online survey in December 2010 to propose an alternate name.<ref name="Fairfield Minuteman">{{cite news |title=Take the survey: Name our third train station |first=Meg Learson |last=Grosso |url=http://www.minutemannewscenter.com/articles/2010/12/15/fairfield/news/doc4d0914d2b1323593048123.txt |newspaper=Fairfield Minuteman |date=December 15, 2010 |access-date=July 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211230/http://www.minutemannewscenter.com/articles/2010/12/15/fairfield/news/doc4d0914d2b1323593048123.txt |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Popular suggestions included Black Rock, Black Rock Turnpike, Ash Creek, and Grasmere, among others. The state had the final word in naming the station and chose to follow or disregard the town's recommendations. To meet the opening deadline of November 2011, a name had to be chosen by February 2011. The final name of '''Fairfield Metro''' was announced on March 18, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Town officials on board with 'Fairfield Metro' name for new railroad station |first=Genevieve |last=Reilly |url=http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Town-officials-on-board-with-Fairfield-Metro-1161966.php |newspaper=Fairfield Citizen |date=March 18, 2011 |access-date=December 12, 2011 |archive-date=March 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322113432/http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Town-officials-on-board-with-Fairfield-Metro-1161966.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The station opened on December 5, 2011.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/metro-north/fairfield-metro-train-station-opens-december-5-new-haven-line|title=Fairfield Metro Train Station Opens December 5 on the New Haven Line|date=November 28, 2011|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=August 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821141432/http://www.mta.info/press-release/metro-north/fairfield-metro-train-station-opens-december-5-new-haven-line|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The station depot itself was be owned by the developer and leased back to the state, which is in direct conflict with ConnDOT's long range plan to improve the governance of the train stations by having them all owned by the state. In this instance only the platfoms will be owned by the state. The surface parking lot will be owned by the town will have 1,500 parking spaces built on top of material stockpiled as part of the remediation of the property that the developer will retain title to. The building complex will have its own parking to accommodate the expected automobile commuters. If the project is completed, it will increase the commercial space inventory in the town of Fairfield by 50%. The proposal includes a railroad station to be located between [[Fairfield (Metro-North station)|Fairfield station]] and [[Bridgeport (Metro-North station)|Bridgeport station]]. Many expect that this station would become the new express pick-up from Fairfield heading toward Stamford and Grand Central thereby displacing the longstanding use of the downtown Fairfield station for that purpose. The complex will be accessible by exit 24 of [[Interstate 95 in Connecticut|I-95]], through the traffic circle at Kings Highway, and a two lane road. As a special accommodation to the Metro Center owners, the town created a special high density / high volume zoning district just for this project. The special district will allow the planned buildings to tower higher than anything built to date in either the town of Fairfield or the neighboring [[Black Rock (Bridgeport)|Black Rock]] section of Bridgeport. The project has been designated as a "major traffic generator" by the CT State Traffic Commission with the proponents of the project representing that it will improve traffic conditions in the area. City of Bridgeport officials had called the traffic studies "woefully inadequate" during the review process.<ref name="zwire1">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16338034&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Bridgeport tries to delay train station project|author=Chris Ciarmiello|publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2006-03-20}}</ref>


On March 28, 2024, the [[Connecticut Department of Transportation]] announced plans to rename Fairfield Metro to Fairfield–Black Rock in the coming months.<ref>{{Cite press release |date=March 28, 2024 |title=Renaming of the Fairfield Metro Station to Fairfield-Black Rock Station |url=https://portal.ct.gov/dot/ctdot-press-releases/2024/renaming-of-the-fairfield-metro-station-to-fairfield-black-rock-station |access-date=2024-03-28 |agency=Connecticut Department of Transportation |language=en}}</ref> Station signage was changed in June 2024.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://connecticut.news12.com/fairfield-metro-now-fairfield-black-rock-station1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240626191039/https://connecticut.news12.com/fairfield-metro-now-fairfield-black-rock-station1 |archive-date=June 26, 2024 |newspaper=News 12 |date=June 26, 2024 |title=Fairfield Metro now Fairfield-Black Rock station}}</ref>
The completion date for the station had been expected to be late 2006 or early 2007 but those dates were never met. <ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3DC1639F933A15755C0A9629C8B63|title=Train Station Project Moves Ahead|author=Eleanor Charles|publisher=New York Times|date=2004-06-20}}</ref><ref name="zwire2">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15095932&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Metro Center plan hit with two lawsuits |author=Chris Ciarmiello |publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2005-08-25}}</ref><ref name="zwire3">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=16382912&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=8|title=New train station wil be late |author=Chris Ciarmiello |publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2006-03-27}}</ref> <ref name="zwire8">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19869247&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Metro Center 'on hold'|publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-07-24|author=Brigid Quinn}}</ref>
A scaled down Phase 1 version of the project, which includes only the train station component is now scheduled for completion by 2010 but questions remain if that date will even be met because the lack of work by the developer.<ref name="zwire11">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20105440&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Metro Center phase one may be done by 2010 |publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-09-04|author=Audrey Adade}}</ref>


The project has been controversial for a number of reasons including the fact that it was originated by [[ConnDOT]] during the administration of the disgraced former Governor [[John G. Rowland]] <ref name="fairfieldweekly1">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=7612|title=Rowland's Secrets
|author=Rachel Slajda|publisher=Fairfield Weekly|date=2008-05-01}}</ref> who was sentenced to federal prison for corruption. The contract for the project was negotiated by Rowland's Public Transportation Bureau Chief, Harry Harris, who was summarily dismissed by Governor Jodi Rell amid allegations that his government business practices intersected with his personal interests.<ref name="nytimes2">{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E7DB1F31F93BA35755C0A9629C8B63|title=Inquiries Focus on Railroad Station Contract in Connecticut|author=Stacey Stowe|date=2004-06-08|publisher=New York Times}}</ref> Other concerns with the project mention the negative impact on the adjacent neighborhoods of Grasmere in Fairfield and Black Rock in Bridgeport.<ref name="zwire10">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?dept_id=12717&PAG=461&rfi=6&newsid=19164600|title='''Conservation removed from train project ''' |author=AUDREY ADADE|publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-01-03}}</ref><ref name="fairfieldweekly4">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=7729|title='''Neutral on a Moving Train?''' |author=Erin Lynch|publisher=Fairfield Weekly|date=2008-05-08}}</ref>
<ref name="fairfieldweekly5">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/blogs/home.cfm?aid=7151|title=Flatto Publicly Called Out|Fairfield County Fair|publisher=Fairfield Weekly |author=Erin Lynch|date=2008-04-08}}</ref> And more recently in early 2008, local citizens are questioning mid-stream changes put in effect by the First Selectman to the well established and town charter mandated inland wetland regulatory processes with possible legal action against the town on the horizon. <ref name="zwire4">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19249736&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Environmentalists question Flatto|author=Audrey Adade|publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-01-31}}</ref><ref name="ctpost1">{{cite web|url=http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1277771/metro_center_moving_forward_despite_foes/index.html?source=r_science|title=Metro Center Moving Forward, Despite Foes|publisher=Connecticut Post|date=2008-03-02|author=Andy Brophy}}</ref>
<ref name="zwire5">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19294915&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Train delays|publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-02-14|author=Brigid Quinn}}</ref>
<ref name="zwire6">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19471245&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Looking at legal action|publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-04-10|author=Jordan Fenster}}</ref><ref name="zwire7">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19449690&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Conservation meeting results in showdown|publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-04-03|author=Audrey Adade}}</ref>
<ref name="fairfiledweekly2">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=7184|title=Railroaded?
|author=Erin Lynch|publisher=Fairfield Weekly|date=2008-04-10}}</ref>
<ref name="fairfieldweekly3">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=7463|title=Flatto Fights Back|publisher=Fairfield Weekly|author=Erin Lynch|date=2008-04-24}}</ref>An ethics investigation underway at the local level has already been met with contentious results. <ref name="WUF1">{{cite web|url=http://whatsupfairfield.blogspot.com/search/label/Original%20Ethics%20Complaint%20filed%20Jue%2013|title=Ethics Complaint |publisher=What's Up Fairfield |author=Complaintants|date=2008-06-13}}</ref><ref name="fairfieldcitizen1">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldcitizen-news.com/local/ci_10370004|title=Ethics Complaint Alleges Evidence of Collusion|publisher=Fairfield Citizen News|author=Alison Walkley|date=2008-09-03}}</ref> <ref name="zwire12">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20197001&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=No probable cause for ethics probe |publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-11-13|author=Brigid Quinn}}</ref><ref name="zwire13">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20202939&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Request to re-open ethics complaint |publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-11-20|author=Brigid Quinn}}</ref> <ref name="fairfieldcitizen2">{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfieldcitizen-news.com/breakingnews/ci_11013497|title=Residents Want Ethics Complaint Reinvestigated|publisher=Fairfield Citizen News|author=Alison Walkley|date=2008-11-18}}</ref>><ref name="ctpost2">{{cite web|url=http://www.connpost.com/ci_11014183|title=Fairfield ethics complaint refiled|publisher=Connecticut Post|date=2008-11-18|author=Genevieve Reilly}}</ref> The Ethics Commissioners, who were nominated for appointment by the First Selectman, a subject of the complaint, found no probable cause to proceed with an ethics investigation. That decision has been appealed by the complaintnats to Connecticut Superior Court and a pre-trial hearing is scheduled for August of 2009.<ref name="zwire14">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20223877&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12717&rfi=6|title=Ethics complainants to appeal to court |publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2008-12-18|author=Brigid Quinn}}</ref> Additionally, a
Writ of Quo Warranto has been filed in CT Superior Court challenging the Conservation Commission's appointment of Gary Weddle, as Wetlands Compliance Officer to supervise consultants hired by the Commission on the Metro Center project, while at the same time excluding longstanding Conservation Director Steinke from supervising Weddle on the same project. The complaint maintains that the Commissions' actions were illegal in that there are no provisions within the Charter that allow the Commission to divide the supervision and duties of the office of the Conservation Director. <ref name="zwire15">{{cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20303226&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=686445&rfi=6|title=Lawsuit filed against Steinke outster|publisher=Fairfield Minuteman|date=2009-04-23|author=Brigid Quinn}}</ref>
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*[http://www.stationstops.com/2008/04/11/fairfield-metro-center-development-project-mired-in-embarrassingly-ugly-local-politics-video/ Metro Center public meeting event video]


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Fairfield–Black Rock
The station in May 2012
General information
Location61 Constant Comment Way
Fairfield, Connecticut
Coordinates41°09′40″N 73°14′03″W / 41.1611°N 73.2343°W / 41.1611; -73.2343
Line(s)ConnDOT New Haven Line (Northeast Corridor)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsLocal Transit Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority: 5, 7
Construction
Parking1,500 spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone18
History
OpenedDecember 5, 2011
Passengers
20182,215 daily boardings[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station
Fairfield
toward Grand Central
 New Haven Line Bridgeport
toward New Haven or New Haven State Street
Location
Map

Fairfield–Black Rock station, formerly Fairfield Metro, is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut. It opened as an infill station on December 5, 2011, and was renamed in June 2024. The station has two 12-car-long side platforms serving the outer tracks of the four-track Northeast Corridor.[2]: 22  It is fully accessible.[3]

History

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Fairfield–Black Rock station signs on platforms in July 2024

A three party agreement was approved in 2001 between the Town of Fairfield, the State of Connecticut and developer Blackrock Realty securing state, local and private funding to build the train station and adjoining open space and clean up work. In December 2009, the state announced a bond authorization for $20 million wherein the state would assume the developer's obligation for infrastructure work and continue the project.[4][5]

In April 2010, the developer's obligation for infrastructure improvements was reduced to $5.2 million with the balance being financed through the state bonds. Responsibility for construction of the 1,500-car parking lot and access road at the town's third train station on lower Black Rock Turnpike was transferred to the town as the developer's financial obligation was reduced.[6] In July 2011, an audit of the contract and the cost overruns was approved by the Fairfield Board of Finance and members of the Representative Town Meeting.[7] The project includes creation of a 10 acres (4.0 ha) open space and public park along Ash Creek between Kings Highway in Fairfield and the Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport.[6]

Blackrock Realty and the state originally used "Fairfield Metro", but Fairfield residents found the name bland. The town held an online survey in December 2010 to propose an alternate name.[8] Popular suggestions included Black Rock, Black Rock Turnpike, Ash Creek, and Grasmere, among others. The state had the final word in naming the station and chose to follow or disregard the town's recommendations. To meet the opening deadline of November 2011, a name had to be chosen by February 2011. The final name of Fairfield Metro was announced on March 18, 2011.[9] The station opened on December 5, 2011.[3]

On March 28, 2024, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced plans to rename Fairfield Metro to Fairfield–Black Rock in the coming months.[10] Station signage was changed in June 2024.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Metro-North Railroad Track & Structures Department Track Charts Maintenance Program Interlocking Diagrams & Yard Diagrams 2015" (PDF). Metro-North Railroad. 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Fairfield Metro Train Station Opens December 5 on the New Haven Line". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 28, 2011. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Saracco, Donna O'Keefe (December 31, 2009). "Train Station gets a boost". Fairfield Minuteman.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ Loh, Tim (January 20, 2010). "$20 million for Metro Center: "Bonding," not bailout, officials declare". Fairfield Citizen.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ a b Reilly, Genevieve (April 30, 2010). "Back on track". Fairfield Citizen. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  7. ^ Reilly, Genevieve (July 12, 2011). "Selectmen scrutinize Fairfield Metro contract changes". Connecticut Post. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  8. ^ Grosso, Meg Learson (December 15, 2010). "Take the survey: Name our third train station". Fairfield Minuteman. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
  9. ^ Reilly, Genevieve (March 18, 2011). "Town officials on board with 'Fairfield Metro' name for new railroad station". Fairfield Citizen. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  10. ^ "Renaming of the Fairfield Metro Station to Fairfield-Black Rock Station" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. March 28, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "Fairfield Metro now Fairfield-Black Rock station". News 12. June 26, 2024. Archived from the original on June 26, 2024.
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