Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, USA

Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region is a county-equivalent region in southern Connecticut along the lower Connecticut River. Its 17 municipalities include Middletown, Old Saybrook, Essex and Lyme. The region had 174,225 residents at the 2020 census. Member municipalities coordinate transportation, land use and other regional planning through the Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments. Connecticut’s planning regions became the Census Bureau’s county-equivalent geography following approval in 2022.