State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) has issued an update on state Department of Transportation’s (DOT) ongoing road projects in Newtown.

Wasserman Way had been scheduled for a major reconstruction project last spring. The project has been rescheduled to next spring. DOT has had a pavement overlay performed on that road as a temporary protective measure until the reconstruction occurs.

The DOT project to replace an aging bridge with a new wider bridge on Sugar Street, at its intersection with Main/South Main Street, has been continuing. Guardrail installation and landscaping were scheduled for completion by the end of October.

The ongoing project to shift the southern end of Edmond Road westward to create a conventional signalized four-way intersection of Church Hill Road, Edmond Road, and Commerce Road is continuing. The project is scheduled to be functionally complete by December 15.

Work is continuing on the DOT project to create a new intersection of South Main Street and the northern end of Pecks Lane. The work is intended to improve visibility, enhance traffic flow, and improve travel safety in that area. The project is scheduled to be complete by mid-November.

In Sandy Hook, work is progressing on the town project to replace the Toddy Hill Road bridge near that street’s intersection with Berkshire Road. That project is the first component of a much broader state project to improve traffic flow in that congested area near Exit 11 of Interstate 84. A key feature of that work will be the addition of a new on-ramp at Exit 11 that extends from westbound Berkshire Road to I-84, providing additional access to eastbound and westbound I-84.

In a statement, Rep Bolinsky said, in part, “The nature of infrastructure improvement is a never-ending process.”

“I hope we all agree that temporary inconveniences resulting in noticeable improvements in traffic flow, capacity, reliability of adjacent utilities, and most importantly, our safety are positive steps to help us navigate these areas in our cars, bicycles, or on foot,” he said.