Timeframe Tentatively Scheduled For Glenville Corridor Improvements

GREENWICH, CT — The Greenwich Department of Public Works last week secured additional federal grant funding for the Glenville Street/Glenville Corridor Traffic Improvements Project, which is now tentatively scheduled to commence in spring 2024.

Originally, DPW secured $2 million for the project which was provided under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ). The project was approved in 2020.

First Selectman Fred Camillo said in a community forum in Glenville earlier this week that the project was delayed due to resident concerns with trees in the area of the proposed work, and over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, "prices went up and tripled, quadrupled."

As a result, the funding has now been bumped up to $4 million.

"Town of Greenwich Department of Public Works has diligently worked with the Connecticut Department of Transportation and is pleased to secure additional grant funding for the Glenville Street and Glenville Road Corridor Traffic Improvements Project, which will help improve traffic flow, reduce congestion, lower vehicle emissions, and decrease travel time," Greenwich DPW told patch in an emailed statement Thursday.

The project will provide traffic signal optimization and intersection improvements along a 1,500-foot stretch of roadway at the intersections of Glenville Road at Weaver Street and Pemberwick Road, and at the intersections of Glenville Street at Riversville Road and the shopping center driveway.

Lanes will be widened and realigned, and new sidewalks, crosswalks and traffic signals will be installed, among other work, to improve traffic flow, reduce congestion and increase safety, according to DPW's project website.

Camillo said there will be a new smart light system similar to what was installed along Arch Street in 2022.

The Glenville corridor project is expected to go out to bid in the fall, Camillo said.

DPW said construction is anticipated to last for one year.

For updates and more information on the project, click here.