Town to Replace, Improve Heavily Used Sidewalk between God’s Acre and Vine Cottage

Town officials this week approved about $83,000 to improve a downtown sidewalk along one of the most well trodden stretches in New Canaan. Utility workers since midsummer have been working along the sidewalk from God’s Acre—at the corner of the St. John’s Place extension at Main Street—down to Vine Cottage. The Board of Selectmen at its Tuesday meeting approved $82,841.20 to replace it with a new concrete sidewalk with granite curbing. “If anyone has seen it over the last six years, it is woefully in need of this,” First Selectman Rob Mallozzi said at the meeting, held in the Training Room of the New Canaan Police Department.

DPW to Business, Property Owners: Help Keep Roadways, Sidewalks Clear of Snow, Ice

The following bulletin has been issued by the New Canaan Department of Public Works, as Winter Storm Pax bears down on New Canaan. It’s expected to leave a foot or more of snow and ice in its wake. Residential and Business Property Owners:  Please help keep our roadways clear of snow and ice. In many instances, upon clearing snow from our roadways, our DPW crews are faced with icing conditions caused by private snow removal companies plowing snow into or across our roadways.  Our Town Code states that no person shall place any snow or ice into any highway within the Town. Failure to do so shall result in the Owner being subject to a fine not exceeding $200 for each occurrence and for each day the material remains in place.  Please inform your private contractors of our concerns and help us keep our roadways safe.