Meeting On North Street Bridge Project Moved To Oct. 9

Information via town of Greenwich

GREENWICH, CT — The community meeting on the North Street Bridge project has been moved again, now to Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall Meeting Room.

The meeting was first scheduled for Oct. 7, then it was moved to Oct. 8 before the latest change, which was made at the request of First Selectman Fred Camillo allow for more residents to attend or watch the meeting, the town said in an announcement Monday.

The Round Hill Community Association is holding a candidate debate on Tuesday night.

Wednesday's meeting will include a presentation from the Greenwich Department of Public Works about the revised plan for the needed bridge replacement, and the department will take questions from the public.

The meeting will be held in person and streamed over Zoom.

Located over West Brothers Brook, which is between Cotswood Road and Macpherson Drive, the bridge was originally built in 1909 and rebuilt in 1950. In March of 2022, the bridge was inspected and emergency repairs were made and a 4-ton weight limit was added.

Greenwich hired WMC Consulting Engineers to create a preliminary bridge design. The estimated project cost is $3 million, which will be 100 percent reimbursed by a Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program (LOTCIP) grant. The project is currently in the final design phase, according to the Greenwich Department of Public Works website.

Residents spoke out last month against the project and called for the town to delay work over concerns about the disruption to traffic flow, the construction timeline, and water drainage issues at the site and surrounding areas.

More information on the project can be found on the Greenwich DPW website.