Road Improvements & Closures Notice
Mountain Road restricted for 6-8 weeks beginning July 28
The Metropolitan District will be installing new sanitary sewers on Mountain Road from Beacon Hill to Still Road beginning Monday, July 28 and continuing for 6-to-8 weeks. Mather Construction will be digging 20 feet deep to reach the sanitary line. Traffic will be restricted to one lane in alternating directions. There are no detours. Moving through the area will be slow.
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Town-Wide Traffic Signal Improvements begin in May, run to August 2009
(State Project Nos. 155-160 and 155-161)
he Town of West Hartford in conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Transportation plans to replace existing traffic signal equipment at 32 intersections over the course of two years.
The first project, which includes 18 intersections (see list below), will begin in May 2008 and will take 15 months to complete. Crews are tentatively scheduled to start at the intersections of Farmington Avenue and North/South Main Street and North Main Street and Brace Road.
The second project, which includes 14 intersections, will start in August 2008 and should be completed around November 2009.
The contractor will perform all work during the day (Monday-Friday) most likely between 8:30 and 3:30 to avoid the morning and evening peak hour traffic with limited disruption and inconvenience to the community.
The existing traffic signal equipment is approximately 25 years old and in need of replacement. Cities and towns throughout the world are upgrading traffic signals to Light Emitting Diodes (LED’s) due to energy savings and increased visibility by motorists and pedestrians.
The signals will be town owned and maintained. The project is 100% federally funded. The Town pays the contractor up front then gets reimbursement through the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The State has offered this program to other municipalities in the State.
For more information on these traffic signal improvements, contact Duane Martin at (860) 561-7539.
(updated July 22, 2008)
