Government

New Canaan to Petition State on Rte. 106 Railroad Overpass

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New Canaan will petition the state to put some warning tape around the Metro-North Railroad overpass on Route 106/Old Stamford Road so that it’s more visible to truckers who continually drive their too-tall vehicles into it. The town already has a system in place to warn those truckers about the overpass and its maximum height. As a truck approaches from either side, if it’s too tall it triggers flashers that say “Low Bridge Ahead.”

And New Canaan can also—on its own—paint “Low Bridge” in the street. Even with all New Canaan has done, “We still get trucks stuck in the bridge, so we said OK what else can we do,” said Tiger Mann, senior engineer for New Canaan and assistant director of the Department of Public Works. Any alteration to the bridge itself must be made by the Connecticut Department of Transportation.