Residents of the condominiums on both sides of Heritage Hill Road soon will have a continuous sidewalk to Main Street, following town officials’ approval last week of an approximately $90,000 contract with a Norwalk company.
The sidewalk on the south side of Heritage Hill Road has always ended at Husted Lane as you come off of Main Street—a new installation will extend it along that side of the road so it hooks up with an existing sidewalk. Credit: Michael Dinan
The Board of Selectmen approved a contract with Grasso Companies LLC to install a new sidewalk that will run east from Husted Lane to an existing sidewalk on the south side of the street.
Funds for the project will be drawn from a $215,000 state grant—New Canaan is one of 14 Connecticut towns that received a grant in 2013 from the Main Street Investment Fund.
In requesting approval of the contract, Department of Public Works Assistant Director Tiger Mann told the selectmen that the sidewalk installation has been on area residents’ radar.
“This is a stretch that was asked for and requested by the residents and thankfully it was included in this Main Street Improvement Grant,” Mann said at the meeting, held Tuesday in the Training Room at the New Canaan Police Department.
Selectman Nick Williams asked Mann how much money will be left in the grant after the Heritage Hill Road project, and Mann replied that about $70,000 to $80,000 would be left—funds expected to be used for a pocket park on Locust Avenue.
Selectman Beth Jones asked whether the sidewalk work would affect anticipated capital work on the Locust Avenue parking lot, and Mann said that no, it “won’t affect it at all,” as it’s on the far side of the lot by Husted Lane.
First Selectman Rob Mallozzi said plans for the new stretch of sidewalk “jibe beautifully” with what’s planned for the Locust lot.