Weatogue-based Bulwark LLC has applied for a rock-blasting permit to prepare two parcels it owns on the Colt Highway in Farmington for construction of a 463-unit self-storage facility.
Plans for the development have already been approved by the town. A public hearing on the blasting permit application is set for the Planning and Zoning Commission’s next meeting at 7 p.m. Monday.
The site of the proposed self-storage facility is 8120 and 8122 Colt Highway, also known as Route 6, next to the Hampton Inn & Suites. The two lots, which total about 5 acres, are currently vacant woodlands.
The building footprint would be 19,800 square feet, with four stories spanning a total of 79,200 square feet.
Bulwark is managed by business partners David Pulley of Weatogue and Matthew Morris of Simsbury.
When completed, the address of the facility will be 245 Colt Highway.
The general contractor for the project is The PAC Group in Torrington and the blasting subcontractor is D’Ambruoso Blasting Co. in Watertown.
According to the application, blasting may occur Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pre- and post-blasting surveys of neighboring properties will be conducted and a horn will be sounded to notify people in the vicinity before a blast occurs.
Bulwark acquired the two properties from Los Angeles-based Wilshire Insurance Enterprises Inc. in August for $325,000.
