Town officials say they’re expecting to repave two municipal lots in downtown New Canaan next month.
The Park Street (free for three hours) and Playhouse Lots are out to bid now and work is expected to start around March 15 “when the weather clears,” according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann.
“And I can pave those lots in conjunction with finishing touches on the allée ramp, we’re doing final pour today,” Mann said during a Town Council and Board of Finance Infrastructure & Utilities Subcommittee meeting, held Monday at Town Hall and via videoconference. He referred to a new ramp in the recently renovated alley between The Playhouse and Le Pain Quotidien.
Mann added: “All we’re waiting on is for it [the concrete] to be cured and then we’ll put the railing up and we can open it up temporarily while we finish the parking lots. So the entrances, as far as parking and how you approach the ramp and staircase itself, will be done in the spring when the weather is much more conducive than now. But it will be open and workable hopefully within a week or so.”
A new enclosure for garbage dumpsters has been built in the Playhouse Lot. Once it’s repaved and there’s a usable ramp running down to the alley, the town will have wrapped up what has proven to be a difficult project, with weather and materials delays. The overhauled Playhouse Lot and especially the alley ramp are expected to help move double-parking delivery trucks off of Elm Street, under the town’s multi-pronged approach to relieving traffic congestion on downtown New Canaan’s main drag.
Mann’s comments to the joint subcommittee came during an update on capital projects.