The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-23

cause each one either presents 6
serious driving hazard or require!
excessive expenditures to maintain
the roadway.
The decision OF the State High
way Department to undertake thi.
work is based not only upon thu
safety and cost factors, the Com.
missioner said, but is made necessary
by the conditions surrounding the
abandonment of each section.
Ruled On All Matters
Each abandonment was subjec
to a hearing before the Public Util-
tiles Commission, which ruled on al
matters, including the removal O.
rails and other structures. The fol.
lowing ruling was made in each o.
the cases covered in this program:
1.-THE petitioner is hereby Or
dered and directed to remove at
it's own expense its rails, ties,
poles Except jointly used poles),
overhead structures and other
physical property located In the
public highways along the line
authorized to be discontinued,
within a reasonable time after
being requested to do so by the
authority or authorities having
control over the highways where
in such physical property is To-
Gated. Where rails and ties are
located in the unpaved portion of
the highway and the authority
having control over the highway
does not intend at the time of
such request to construct per-
manent or semi-permanent. pave
ment in such highway, the petit
toner shall fill In and surface
such highway, after the rails and
ties have been removed, with the
same type of surfacing as exists
in the area occupied by the track
to be removed. Where the rails
and ties are located in a so
called permanent or semi-perma-
nent payment the petitioner,
upon request Of the authority
having control over the highway,
shall fill in the groove at the
gauge line of the rails with a
proper material. In such perma-
nent or semi-permanent pave
ment, when said authority pro-
poses to repave the highway, the
petitioner shall upon request of
said authority remove at its own
expense its rails and ties in con-
nection wit hthe work of i'm
provement and the petitioner
need not refill or replace the
roadway"
Design Section
The final details concerning each
project have not been settled, the
commissioner said, but five of them
are in the hands of the design Sec
ton as the first step in repaving
work, while the other five have
been referred to maintenance bu-
reau for inclusion in its program OF
major repair work.
The routes and rails concerned
are as follows:
In Shelton it Is proposed to rem
edy the conditions on Routes and
ITO (HoWe avenue) between Myrtle
and Center streets, and from
White street north to the end of
the present warrenite pavement.
Part of U. S. Route 6 on East
Main street, Plainville, running
from near the railroad crossing to
Whiting S 'eet, a distance some
what over quarter of mile, is
included in the program. The in
tersection of Whiting and East
Main street will also be improved.
In the Burnside area of East
Hartford, another section of U. S.
Route 6, Burnside avenue is in
cIuded, as Is short section of u.
s. Route on Westport avenue,
NorWalk, between the present new
concrete pavement and East ave-
nue..
Two bridges, the Westport bridge
and Washington bridge between
Stratford and Devon, are also
scheduled for work. Both are on
u. s. Route /.
Derby -AnsOnia
Another project is in Derby and
Ansonia. l. begins at Fourth
street, Derby, and extends along
Elizabeth street, Seymour avenue
and Atwater avenue to the Ansonia
town line and then along Clifton
avenue to Bridge street, Ansonia.
Approximately one mile of Main
street, Southington, on Route lC
is also slated for improvement in
the same program.