With the arrival of warmer spring weather, the Town resumed work on its streetscape improvements on Storrs Road (Route 195) and Dog Lane.
In April, the Town’s contractor, Milton C. Beebe & Sons Construction of Mansfield, installed new crosswalks on Dog Lane.
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| New crosswalks have been installed on Dog Lane. |
Beebe is currently adding medians in Storrs Road. In addition to beautifying the street, the medians will serve as a traffic-calming measure on this busy section of road.
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| The construction of medians in Storrs Road is underway. |
Once the final physical changes to Storrs Road are complete, Beebe will repave the road from the intersection with Dog Lane to the intersection with South Eagleville Road (Route 275). As part of the repaving of Storrs Road, Beebe will mark the new on-street areas, which will be free parking for 2 hours.
Another traffic calming measure, which will also serve to beautify the area, will be new street trees along Storrs Road. These will be planted in the coming months. There will be trees every fifty feet along the road, in between the street lights.
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| The trees will be intersperse with the street lights. |
Plantings are also planned for along the new stone wall in front of E. O. Smith High School.
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| The stone wall runs along the front of E. O. Smith High School. |
Construction of One Royce Circle continues; the building is expected to be ready for residents of The Oaks on the Square in August 2013. The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry recently announced its plans to move into this new building. The Ballard will join the UConn Co-op (a new, additional location), Haru Aki Café, UConn Health Center medical offices, and Webster Bank in the second phase of Storrs Center.
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| One Royce Circle construction continues with a goal of opening to residents in August. |
