A wealthy town is furious after officials approved an affordable housing project that will bring an enormous apartment complex to their ritzy enclave. 

Woodbridge is one of the richest areas in Connecticut, with an average household income of nearly $160,000, as of 2022. 

The charming town is filled with single-family properties and is home to one of the state's best elementary schools. 

Officials have approved the plan for a 96-unit apartment complex on six acres of land, located at 804 Fountain Street, which will be the largest of its type in the area. 

Roughly 15 percent of the building's units will be set aside as affordable housing, with half of those being leased to people making under 80 percent of Woodbridge's average income, the Hartford Courant reported. 

The other half will be reserved for people making less than 60 percent.

Wealthy residents claim the new building will cause excessive traffic in the area located near the Woodbridge-New Haven line. 

They also worry that the influx of new residents will increase enrollment in the public schools, including in the town's only elementary, Beecher Road School. 

Just 1.4 per cent of Woodbridge's accommodation is affordable housing, according to the Courant, well shy of the 10 percent mandated for cities and towns by the state of Connecticut. 

Woodbridge is one of the wealthiest towns in Connecticut, with an average household income of nearly $160,000, as of 2022

Officials have approved the plan for a 96-unit apartment complex to be built on six acres of land, located at 804 Fountain Street, but residents aren't happy with it 

The average home price in Woodbridge is around $665,000, according to Zillow, making it unaffordable to many who work in the town, such as teachers and retail workers.  

Residents have also voiced concerns that it could cause environmental problems, such as stormwater runoff. 

Deb Lovely told the commission last year that she worried about the 'runoff and drainage problems coming down the steep Fountain Street Hill' and how it could cause damage to the foundation of her home. 

'This is a terrible location for such a project,' she said, according to the New Haven Independent. 

Rob Rosasco said he is concerned the builders would have to remove a large rock right near the highway in order to construct the property.

'There are 3,900 three-axel dump trucks that will have to pull the rock out of this property in order to execute the applicant's plan,' he told in October.