Thank you for reporting the site to the Town. We will be dispatching our inspector to the site to evaluate the sidewalk. Please allow us up to two weeks to conduct the inspection.

Thank you for the photos to help our inspector evaluate the site.

Based on our inspection of the condition of the sidewalk, this site has been elevated to our claims list. Our contractors are currently on other job sites. We are scheduling the site as our on call contractors become available and we work through the claims list. Please be aware we schedule our claims list on a triage basis and handle the worst first.

Hello Engineering Inspector and Director, Engineering - I'm wondering if you can provide an update as to when this area may be fixed? Thank you!

Good morning Ms. Roman,

We do not have a good time frame for repairs. Due to the pandemic response, all spring spending has been frozen.

We are starting the budget process to try to obtain more funds for more claims list repairs. The current funds are mostly allocated to other sites since the fall.

Once funding is obtained, we will continue to issue repairs on the approximately $300,000 worth of claims work before we resume the normal sidewalk repair program.

Should you have further questions, please feel free to contact us in the Engineering Department.

Mark Austin
Town Engineer

Hi Mark,
Checking in on this request. Is there a timeframe for my very dilapitated and damaged driveway apron to be finally fixed? I reported this to you in 2017. You've done other aprons in my neighborhood recently, like at the corner of Thornton St. We are almost not able to use half of the driveway because the gigantic chunk of concrete that is uneven and wobbly is a serious problem.
Thanks in advance,
Alex

Mark, any update on this?

We continue to be on a spending freeze and await a capital budget to be passed by the Legislative Council. Due to these, no construction work is being done, other than external work, such as SCG repaving which does not cost the Town.

Hi Mark, that's been the response for 3 years and that is confusing because other driveway aprons have been repaired by the town in the meantime. I'm not talking about paving - I'm talking about my driveway apron that is getting to the point of being undrivable. At some point soon, I will no longer be able to use half of my driveway without risking damage to my car driving over a huge piece of movable concrete (see pic above). Where do we go from here? Again, soon, I will no longer be able to use half of my driveway. That will be a problem. This has been on your radar for 3 years. :\

Thank you for caring enough to follow up.

We have had some money and were able to begin some more repairs to our Claims List, which you are on. This was LoCIP money from the State of Connecticut. That is nearly gone for other worse sites.

We are under a hard spending freeze by the order of the Mayor and the desire of the Legislative Council. This is the hardline difference from the previous request. We cannot do more work until that changes, regardless the location.