Greenwich To Reopen Town Hall Friday: First Selectman Tesei

GREENWICH, CT — From the Town of Greenwich: Greenwich Town Hall will reopen for business as usual on Friday, January 5, 2018.

First Selectman Peter J. Tesei, in consultation with Emergency Management and Emergency Services department heads on Thursday night, authorized the reopening of Town Hall for regular business hours. Town Hall will open at 8 a.m., Friday, January 5, 2018.

The Town continues to deal with the blowing and drifting snow in the aftermath of the first storm of the New Year. As a result, Greenwich Public Schools will be closed on Friday.

“I thank everyone who has abided by the Snow Emergency and Parking Ban that the Board of Selectmen enacted Wednesday evening. Our top priority is to clear all 265 miles of Town roads,” Mr. Tesei said.

He urges all residents to continue to obey the no parking ban so that Town crews can continue their work to make all of the streets safe and usable for business and schools on Friday, January 5.

To that end, the Snow Emergency that the Board of Selectmen, acting as the Town’s Traffic Authority, had imposed on Wednesday (January 3) remains in effect until further notice.

The parking ban will enable the Department of Public Works crews and its contractors to effectively clear Town roadways.

Residents should park their vehicles in their driveways or in their yards. Residents also may use municipal parking lots to park their vehicles, according to the Department of Public Works.

The Town ordinance requires Greenwich property owners be responsible for keeping all sidewalks along their property clear of snow and ice.

The Town of Greenwich prohibits plow contractors from pushing snow from driveways or parking lots onto Town streets. This practice is dangerous and impedes the Town’s snow removal efforts. If there is no other alternative to pushing snow into the street, the private plow driver must plow off the windrow left across the street by re-plowing until the road is safe.

A complete list of snow emergency routes can be found below.

SNOW EMERGENCY STREETS

CENTRAL GREENWICH
Amogerone Crossway
Arch Street
Benedict Place
Bolling Place
Brookside Drive
Bruce Park Avenue
Bruce Place
Church Street
Connecticut Avenue
Davis Avenue
East Elm Street
East Putnam Avenue (Maple Ave. to Library)
Fawcett Place
Field Point Road
Greenwich Avenue
Grigg Street
Havemeyer Place
Hillside Road
Horseneck Lane
Hunter Place
Lafayette Place
Lake Avenue
Lawrence Street
LeGrande Avenue
Lenox Drive
Lewis Street
Lexington Avenue
Locust Street
Maher Avenue
Maple Avenue
Mason Street
Milbank Avenue
Perryridge Road
Railroad Avenue
Ridge Street
Sherwood Place
Shore Road
Sound View Drive
Steamboat Road
West Elm Street
West Putnam Avenue
William Street

BYRAM
Beech Street
Byram road
Cedar Street
Chestnut Street
Church Street West
Delavan Avenue
Division Street West
Hervey Street
Kirby Street
Mead Street
Mill Street
North Water Street
Oak Street
Pine Street
Richland Road
South Water Street
Spruce Street
Western Junior Highway
William Street West

CHICKAHOMINY
Hamilton Avenue, Old Field Point Road, Saint Roch's Avenue

PEMBERWICK
Comly Avenue
Pemberwick Road
Moshier Street

GLENVILLE
Glenville Road/Street from Glenridge Road to Pemberwick Road
Riversville Road from Glenville Road, north to entrance to Glenville School

COS COB
Bible Street
East Putnam Avenue (Field Rd. to Diamond Hill)
Loughlin Avenue
Orchard Street
Relay Place
River Road
River Road Extension
Sinawoy Road
Strickland Road
Suburban Avenue
Valley Road

RIVERSIDE AND MIANUS
Hendrie Avenue
North Sound Beach Avenue
Valley Road

OLD GREENWICH
Arcadia Road
Lockwood Avenue
Sound Beach Avenue
West End Avenue

OTHER AREAS
As otherwise identified by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Greenwich as the Town Traffic Authority.

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