Power Restored to New Canaan; Nine Remaining Roads with Downed Wires [UPDATE]

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Update 12 p.m. Saturday

Eversource reports that all but one of the utility’s New Canaan customers now have power.

Here’s the most up-to-date information on road closures:

Road Hazards & Closures in New Canaan—Update 4

LocationTrees?Wires?Comments
Arrowhead Trail/Ponus RidgeYesYesBranch on Wires
82 Canoe Hill RoadYesYesBranch on wires
Cascade RoadNoYesBroken pole
74 Clapboard Hill RoadNoYesLow-hanging wires
72 Heritage Hill RoadNoYesWires down in yard
11 Hillcrest RoadNoYesLow-hanging wires -- passable
New Norwalk Road at Shaker DriveYesYesDetour in place, crew on scene
Waveny ParkYesYesRoad open
Woods End RoadYesYesLow wires in driveway, road open
Source: New Canaan Police Department

 

Original Article

Power has been restored to all but 72 New Canaan homes as of Friday night, and police reported just a handful of remaining partial road closures, including some new problems to address, such as a broken utility pole on Cascade Road (see table below).

Downtown New Canaan early on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 25, following a very windy night that knocked power out of hundreds of local homes. Carl Franco photo

Downtown New Canaan early on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 25, following a very windy night that knocked power out of hundreds of local homes. Carl Franco photo

The wind storm that struck New Canaan and the region late Wednesday knocked power out of more than 1,000 homes in town at its peak. Emergency responders worked around-the-clock as trees and branches fell onto utility wires, sending them dangerously into the street, causing some fires and blocking roads to such an extent that district administrators were forced to cancel school.

New Canaan’s hard-working, all-volunteer Office of Emergency Management jumped into action, urging residents through mass texts, emails and phone calls to stay off of the roads and report outages directly to Eversource.

Here’s a list of what roads remained to be addressed late Friday:

Road Hazards & Closures in New Canaan—Update 3

LocationTrees?Wires?Comments
Arrowhead Trail/Ponus RidgeYesYesBranch on Wires
82 Canoe Hill RoadYesYesBranch on wires
Cascade RoadNoYesBroken pole
74 Clapboard Hill RoadNoYesLow-hanging wires
72 Heritage Hill RoadNoYesWires down in yard
11 Hillcrest RoadNoYesLow-hanging wires -- passable
New Norwalk Road at Shaker DriveYesYesTrees leaning on wires
Waveny ParkYesYesRoad open
Woods End RoadYesYesLow wires in driveway, road open
Source: New Canaan Police Department

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