This is the first real piece. It's done, it's workable, ... It's the first link of the trail that's going to run the entire eastern seaboard eventually, and I couldn't be more proud than have it start in Branford.

The trail will link the communities and link to historic and cultural resources.

would not be workable.

Heritage is a word that's international, and I want to link the Heritage Trail tour with the proposed commuter rail line coming through the county, ... We have 181 historical sites in the county, and I envision drawing tourists to the county to see them.

Inappropriate development would be a tragedy,

The rest of the precinct -- the parade ground, the 1824 field officers' married quarters, the original 1820 barracks, the two-storied stone 1850 barracks and the 1833 soldiers' taproom and a complex of other structures would apparently all go out of military control,