South Avenue

Town Aims to Complete Most South Avenue Paving Before School Starts

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. New Canaan officials said last week that they are optimistic that the majority of paving on South Avenue can be completed before students return to school, though the timeline depends on the successful testing of the newly installed Aquarion water main. During a Department of Public Works update at the Aug. 4 Board of Selectmen meeting, Public Works Director Tiger Mann said Aquarion has finished installing the new water pipe, which is now being filled, chlorinated and tested. If the line passes testing, the town plans to move quickly into the paving phase.

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Town: People Are Illegally Dumping Garbage at Playhouse Lot Compactor

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. People who are not authorized to use the town’s newly relocated garbage compactor in the Playhouse Lot are dumping their trash there anyway, Public Works Director Tiger Mann told the Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting last Tuesday at Town Hall. The compactor, which is intended for use by downtown merchants and businesses, was recently relocated to a newly constructed enclosure cut into the hillside below the Park Street Lot as part of a broader overhaul of the Playhouse Lot. Mann said the issue has come to the town’s attention and that steps are being taken to address it. “We are having some people that are not supposed to be using the compactor using the compactor,” Mann said.

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Fencing at Irwin House Site Expected Down at Month’s End, Town Says

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. The fencing surrounding the former house at Irwin Park is expected to come down this month, Public Works Director Tiger Mann told the Board of Selectmen during a regular meeting held last week at Town Hall. Mann said the town received revised disposal pricing for the remediation work on Tuesday morning, which starts the clock on a final three week process to complete the project. “Three weeks from now you should be taking down the fencing,” he said at the July 7 selectmen meeting. The Irwin House site has been fenced off for longer than originally anticipated, the result of a series of delays from the discovery of an unexpected underground storage tank on the property. 

The tank, the third found at the site, was undocumented and went unknown until demolition of Irwin House and its garage got underway last year.

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Town: Waveny House Elevator Still on Track for Completion by End of Summer

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Karp Associates. The long-delayed elevator project at Waveny House remains on track to be completed by the end of summer, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann. The elevator contractor is on site working, Mann said, and the town is having the contractor revise a railing based on a discussion held the week before. “It’s a process,” Mann told the Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting Tuesday morning at Town Hall. “By the time we get through inspections and everything else, it’ll be operational by the end of the summer,” Mann said.

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‘Patience Levels Are Low’: Water Main Installation on South Avenue Underway

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The Summer Internship Program is sponsored by the New Canaan Racquet Club. A four-year-long construction project in New Canaan started its final stretch this week. 

The water company’s 36-inch water main installation is nearly complete, though community members’ patience is dwindling, officials say. Four years ago, Aquarion began installing a water main, causing road closures on the eastern side of town. Now, the installation is taking place on South Avenue (with a plan to repave starting in September). Sections of South Avenue between Douglas and Farm Road will be closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays for the next three months, through the end of August, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann.