Hello,

That's a shame... any idea why?

If it doesn't reopen, the town should step in. Of course, we still have the post office building doing nothing too ... It just kills me that the Mobil station polluted the brook and groundwater and the owner apparently just walks away.

Answer to this is never. Not really a place to ask this question.

Saying it's "never" going to be fixed is not a valid reason for closing this ticket. The closed Mobil station is the epitome of "blight." It's an eyesore, and I still worry about contaminants in the ground (which caused its closure in the first place). This lot should be addressed by the town.

I agree with Morning Commuter. I disagree with ROC -- this definitely is the forum in which to ask the question. It's on a main road, sandwiched between housing for the elderly and a shopping center, looks horrible, and polluted the ground -- what other forum is available? The Town Council has ignored the issue, as far as I can see. If it's not to reopen, the town manager must pressure the owner to bulldoze it.

gas station will never go there, and issue is not really fixable

ROC's second attempt to close this issue has been reported as inappropriate. The issue is NOT whether or not the gas station will re-open. The issue is that the property is a blight to the town and the lot needs to be cleaned up. The issue "not being fixable" is not correct. Nothing is unfixable. Stop closing this issue, and instead help to correct it, ROC.

Why don't you buy the property yourself and open up a business? Why are you looking for a government solution(town) to fix this? It's a piece of private property, not a soviet style state owned gas station. Businesses shut down all the time, look at Evergreen Walk. Because they are empty, doesn't mean they are blight.

Why don't you buy the property yourself and open up a business? Why are you looking for a government solution(town) to fix this? It's a piece of private property, not a soviet style state owned gas station. Businesses shut down all the time, look at Evergreen Walk. Because they are empty, doesn't mean they are blight.

Please let's not be political here, TP pro. It's a legitimate question. I don't think Josie was specifically asking the government for a solution here. There's no indication of that. But despite that that lack of specificity, I would imagine the gov't regulates the sale of toxic products like gasoline. Does anyone know if the underground tanks have been checked lately? There's a wetland close by.

And while I get your point about blight being in the eye of the beholder, the empty station certainly doesn't look anything like an empty storefront on Evergreen Walk, where maintenance crews keep the place clean and ready-to-rent. The neighborhood is probably pretty tired of looking at the lot. Got any tea you'd like to sell?

I saw yesterday that a for sale sign had gone up on the property, so perhaps it's cleared of whatever toxics leaked into the ground/stream. And yes, I pay enough taxes in SW that the town should step in to keep the town a pleasant place to live -- and not allow blight on a major thoroughfare such as Ellington Road! The town CAN take steps to pressure property owners to clear their properties, without having to pay for a cleanup itself. When T. Larson was mayor in East Hartford, he did. Where is our Town Council/town manager on this issue?

Thank you, Doug, for moderating and keeping the focus from being derailed. This is blight, plain and simple, and both the blight and the site contamination should be addressed. I agree with Josie as well.

Old posting that is not really a see click fix issue.

Great place for a lemonade stand...