West Hartford Center Traffic Reconfiguration To Begin Monday

Town of West Hartford

WEST HARTFORD, CT — Automotive jaunts into West Hartford Center will change starting Monday, with the town announcing some reconfigured traffic and parking patterbs.

Town officials announced recently the travel pattern and parking configuration on LaSalle Road in West Hartford Center will be modified beginning Monday, April 10.

LaSalle Road will be returned to two-way traffic between Ellsworth Road and Farmington Avenue. The on-street parking will revert to head-in angled.

According to an announcement fom the town, officials decided to return LaSalle Road to two-way traffic flow with traditional angled parking after receiving recommendations from West Hartford’s Center Master Plan consultant, public input and feedback from adjacent restaurant and business owners.

The two-way traffic flow will reduce neighborhood traffic impacts, especially for Woodrow Street.

The parking orientation change will reduce parking confusion and complaints.

While the back-in angled parking was well intended, it generated a lot of complaints and will have less compliance with the two-way traffic flow.

Crews, led by the West Hartford Department of Public Works, will begin eradicating and re-striping the on-street parking spaces over a three-day period beginning Monday, April 10.

A section of angled parking along the south side of Farmington Avenue will also be converted back to parallel parking to accommodate a westbound left turn lane at the intersection of LaSalle Road.

The traffic signal at this intersection will also be modified to restore a westbound left turn arrow. Traffic signage on LaSalle Road will also be modified accordingly.

The change to a two-way traffic flow on LaSalle Road will not impact the expanded outdoor dining, which is scheduled to return in May.