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Saying the newly built New Canaan Library is expected to draw even more walkers in the area of South Avenue at Maple Street, town officials last week voted in favor of installing a pedestrian-activated flashing beacon there. The new set of rapid rectangular flashing beacons or “RRFBs” will run across South Avenue, between St. Aloysius […]

Citing safety concerns, officials last week denied a resident’s request to rid one leg of a busy downtown intersection of its “No Turn on Red” designation. Motorists traveling toward town on Heritage Hill Road cannot turn right at the light at Main Street. New Canaan resident David Kirby met with Public Works Director Tiger Mann […]

Saying it would improve safety for walkers, including many schoolchildren, town officials last week voted in favor of installing pedestrian-activated flashing beacons at a crosswalk near South School. The mid-block crosswalk on Gower Road, connecting the Douglas Road neighborhood to the playground at South, currently has “the normal pedestrian signs with the down arrows and […]

Town officials on Tuesday approved a $92,050 contract with a Ridgefield-based company to do work on a pair of small roofs in a walled garden at Waveny. The Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting voted 3-0 in favor of the contract with Alden Bailey. That company will remove existing tiles on the roofs, use […]

The Board of Selectmen at its most recent meeting approved a $26,750 contract with a Bridgeport-based company to replace the fuel dispensing pumps that serve town vehicles.  The Department of Public Works had been looking to budget for the replacement in the next fiscal year, but the pumps are failing now, officials said. “We’ve had […]

Town officials last week approved a $125,000 contract with a Bridgeport-based company to install a new generator at Lapham Community Center.  The Board of Selectmen during its regular meeting Jan. 3 voted 3-0 on the contract with Northeast Generator. The existing generator at the Waveny building, which houses New Canaan’s community center for adults, went […]

Members of New Canaan’s state-designated local traffic authority at their most recent meeting approved use of local roads for detours during a major project from Aquarion water.  The Police Commission at its Dec. 19 meeting voted 3-0 for the Connecticut Department of Transportation to use New Canaan roads as a detour as it finishes installing […]

Town officials this month approved an approximately $175,000 contract with a Ridgefield-based firm for interior demolition and abatement at the movie theater on Elm Street. The Board of Selectmen voted 3-0 in favor of the $175,381 contract with Alden Bailey Restoration.  “This will open up the area and allow the architects and the engineers to […]

Town officials last week approved a $14,500 contract with a Bridgeport-based company to design sidewalk sections on Seminary Street. The work will help create a continuous sidewalk on Seminary from Park to Elm Street, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann. “There are two or three stretches of Seminary that we do not have sidewalks […]

Town officials last week approved the purchase of approximately $14,000 in sidewalk bricks, following an earlier materials shortage. After facing an initial delay due to the shortage, the town “jumped on” the bricks when they finally became available, according to Public Works Director Tiger Mann. “We provide brick toward other people that are doing work […]