Whenever an authority is unable to agree with the owner of any property as to the compensation to be paid for the taking of such property, in its own name and in the manner specified for a redevelopment agency in accordance with sections 8-129 to 8-133, inclusive, an authority may determine such compensation and proceed in the acquisition and use of such property as provided therein.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-505
( P.A. 95-329, S. 15, 31.)