Between potholes and frost damage caused by snow storms and lingering low temperatures, New Canaan is coming out of the worst winter that town roads have ever seen, officials say.
Fox Run Road in New Canaan ranks in PCI among the worst in town. It's being repaved soon. Credit: Michael Dinan
And Fox Run Road—which ranks among the worst in town with a “Pavement Condition Index” or PCI in the low 50s, according to Tiger Mann, assistant director of the New Canaan Department of Public Works—is due to get an upgrade as part of an overall approval of about $1.4 million for road works.
Asked at the Board of Selectmen meeting, held in the New Canaan Police Department’s training room, whether this has been the worst winter season in his experience, Mann replied: “Since we’ve been paving, yes, in our history.”
Other roads set to have milling and paving work done in this go-round (the first of many) include:
- Bald Hill Road
- Beech Road
- Benedict Hill Road
- Evergreen Road
- Fox Run Road
- Laurel Road (from a little south of Soundview down to Turner Hill)
- Lost District Drive (from West to St. George Lane)
- Ramhorne Road
“Life in New England,” First Selectman Rob Mallozzi said of the harsh season just past. “Wouldn’t trade it for anything.”