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New Loading Zones Authorized for Forest, Elm Streets
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Town officials are trying a new solution to an old problem that’s reared its head in recent weeks: Double-parking delivery trucks downtown. The two designated, on-street loading zones—on South Avenue just off of Elm Street and on Main Street in front of what’s now the post office—are overused, according to Police Chief Leon Krolikowski. So, the town now will add additional loading zones—from 7 to 10 a.m. on weekdays—on the very first stretch of Forest Street as you turn in from East Avenue (in front of Sleepy’s) and on Elm Street between the alley next to Chef Luis, and Park Street. “What we’ll do is once we get these in place is create some sort of notice with the areas where they park and give it to all the normal drivers that are delivering every day,” Krolikowski said Tuesday during the regular meeting of the Police Commission, held in the training room at the New Canaan Police Department. “And if they don’t listen, enforcement follows.