Government

State To Repave 106 above the Merritt

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Connecticut Department of Transportation officials have agreed to pave Route 106—a state road—between the Merritt Parkway and South Avenue, addressing a stretch of road that New Canaan’s highest elected official ranks among our very worst. The work will start Monday Sept. 15 and wrap up within about four or five days, First Selectman Rob Mallozzi said, citing information from the state. “This is certainly a road that we have flagged to the Department of Transportation in the last number of years, as one in serious need of attention,” Mallozzi said. The news comes as the town re-paves its own roads and works, as it does each summer, on crack-sealing newer roads to help them live longer.

Around Town

Alternating One-Way in Place on Ponus Ridge at Merritt Parkway

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State officials on Monday installed an alternating one-way traffic light on Ponus Ridge at the Merritt Parkway as bridge repair (and roadway replacement) work gets underway there—a project that will continue through the summer of 2015. Part of a larger, $57 million Merrit Parkway Improvements project that spans several miles of the parkway (and starting in September will include South Avenue), the Ponus Ridge work involves removing the bridge deck, repairing the top of the bridge and then putting the bridge deck back, officials say. “We will do that in sections, one side and then once that is upgraded and repaired, we will flop the traffic back to the other side,” Joe Sorcinelli, project engineer for the Connecticut Department of Transportation, told NewCanaanite.com. Ponus Ridge at the Merritt will remain an alternating one-way intersection for the length of the project, he said. What really matters in terms of the timing of the work is the condition of the bridge arch, Sorcinelli said.