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Consultant To Study Traffic at Main and Cherry
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Police say they’re working toward solving a longstanding traffic problem in downtown New Canaan. The town has hired a traffic engineer to find a way to keep vehicles moving at Cherry and Main Streets, where motorists seeking to turn left often are held up for multiple light cycles, according to New Canaan Police Deputy Chief John DiFederico.
“If you travel through during the daytime, if you’re on Cherry Street turning left in either direction onto Main Street, it’s quite likely you’ll get caught in several cycles of the light,” DiFederico told members of the Police Commission during their regular meeting, held Oct. 20 at NCPD headquarters and via videoconference.
“And so the timing is off. There’s no quick resolution because a lot of that traffic delay is due to pedestrian traffic. Someone comes along, pushes the button, it goes four-way red and then traffic backs up.