Reps panel debates rock crusher complaints

STAMFORD — The board of Representatives last week resumed discussion on its longstanding feud with a South End excavation company it has rallied against for years.

Since at least 2015, the city has been embroiled in a legal push-and-pull with South End excavating company A. Vitti Construction. The dispute ended with a legal settlement between the crusher and the city.

Among the specifications of the settlement is that the company cannot crush rocks larger than four inches at the 10 Rugby St. location, although it can process other materials like gravel and brick.

Most importantly, the city and Vitti agreed that he must put up a “fully enclosed building” for his operations that comply with “noise, vibration and dust management, ventilation, vehicular circulation, truck idling (and) street cleaning” standards.

Vitti's attorney, Tom Cassone, told The Stamford Advocate in May that construction on the Rugby Street property would conclude in “weeks,” and indicated that the

Three months after A. Vitti Construction promised that it would seek a certificate of occupancy for its 10 Rugby St. property, little has changed.