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The Board of Selectmen last week approved an approximately $23,000 contract with a Bethel-based company to buy two pedestrian-activated flashing beacons that will be installed on lower Valley Road.
March 29, 2023 | https://newcanaanite.com/traffic-calming-two-rrfbs-to-be-installed-on-vallely-road-7670002Citing an ongoing need for traffic improvements at Route 106 and Carter Street, Selectman Kathleen Corbet this month called for a group of public works, safety and parking officials to reconvene their regular meetings.
The ‘Traffic Calming Work Group,’ whose members in the past have included the public works director, police deputy chief, fire chief and representatives from emergency response and parking, and “been in place for a number of years” before discontinuing its public meetings in the summer of 2020, Corbet said during the Board of Selectmen’s most recent regular meeting.
October 17, 2021 | https://newcanaanite.com/selectman-corbet-calls-for-towns-traffic-calming-group-to-reconvene-public-meetings-4989590Town officials are considering whether to place raised strips along the centerlines of some New Canaan roads in order to warn inattentive drivers drifting toward oncoming traffic lanes.
June 19, 2019 | https://newcanaanite.com/traffic-calming-town-considers-rumble-strips-to-slow-down-motorists-1276842The owner of three contiguous properties near the eastern end of Frogtown Road is asking town officials to help reduce the speed of motorists at the sharp bend there, down the hill from the intersection at Weed Street.
January 4, 2016 | https://newcanaanite.com/resident-calls-for-traffic-calming-on-frogtown-near-weed-street-34696Responding to traffic and safety concerns from the neighborhood, town officials say they’re asking the state for permission to make changes in the area of Conrad Road.
August 1, 2023 | https://newcanaanite.com/town-to-propose-traffic-calming-measures-on-conrad-road-8264763