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08/28/2017 08:08 AM

On/Off Meadow Street Closings During Branford Atlantic Wire Demolition


Work to tear down the former Atlantic Wire factory (right) alongside Meadow Street means the busy street segment, from it's intersection at Church Street (shown here) to it's intersectin with Montowese Street, will be closed as needed throughout the demo process.Pam Johnson/The Sound

Demolition work to bring down the former Atlantic Wire factory along it’s Meadow Street side means closing a segment of the road, but only during hours when demolition work is underway on the building “along the highway” (Meadow Street); with the area re-opened to traffic during hours when work isn’t going on, said Town Engineer Janice Plaziak.

Eventually, the segment of Meadow street now undergoing temporary closings will experience a more permanent change; when it will become a one-way street segment.

The new one-way segment is part of the 2015 town-approved development plan for the 205 residential unit, mixed-use Atlantic Wharf development replacing Atlantic Wire.

Atlantic Wharf’s new street plan will also add a new, four-way intersection at Montowese Street and Pine Orchard Road linking to new, two-way road section that will run past the new Atlantic Wharf (facing the Branford River). The other end of the new road will intersect with Church Street and Meadow Street.

The ten-building project will be built in phases and include the construction of one building on an empty Meadow Street lot (across from the former factory site), with nine additional buildings, the new two-way road and an underground parking garage going in across the way.

The intersection is open for traffic use during times when demolition isn't underway.Pam Johnson/The Sound
Traffic heading into and out of town generally crowds this busy corner of Meadow Street and Montowese Street during peak hours. The detour is in place only when demolition crews are at work tearing down the former Atlantic Wire factory along Meadow Street.Pam Johnson/The Sound