Board of Selectmen
Town: Floodwaters Damaged Some Local Homes, Roadways, Walking Trails
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Though bridges throughout New Canaan fared well last week despite severe flooding due to Hurricane Idea, some local homes, roadways and walking trails suffered damage, officials say. A tree also fell opposite the Country Club of New Canaan, affecting residents of Brookwood Lane, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann. “That one was a little bit problematic, the delay in response, whereby we had about seven, eight houses blocked, and it took us quite a long time to get a crew to help us cut and clear,” Mann told the Board of Selectmen during their regular meeting, held Tuesday at Town Hall and via videoconference. “he majority of the problem we had was the fact that we had about 4.2 inches of rain in an hour-and-a-half, that puts us at anywhere from a 100- to 200-year storm, so we had a lot of residents affected by that, some that had never been affected before with basement flooding, and others that have had issues in the past that continued forward, specifically the Old Stamford Road area.”
Mann’s comments came in response to a question from First Selectman Kevin Moynihan about the impact of the storm on the town and residents. Gov. Ned Lamont on Sept.