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A PLAN for Pershing and Division?! Open

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I put the address for this as close to the problem as I could.

As we all know, more and more development is coming to both Pershing Drive and Division Street. A new Cumberland Farms will be joined by a new plaza where Xpect was, a new Walgreens then ALDI, Panera and others.

Division, Pershing and other nearly streets are already starting to show strain from increased traffic flow. During evening hours Division is backing up past Atwater with traffic that has to get off Route 8 at Exit 17 when traveling South to get to Division Street. While that road between what was Cherney Pontiac and Cumberland was rebuilt over a decade ago, it can not handle today's traffic. Heck, it should never have been expected to handle all the traffic off 8 South to begin with.

Further, cars are backing up on both sides of the intersection where Pershing meets Division more than ever and passing Stop & Shop's area is getting worse and worse as cars suddenly stop to turn into that plaza, Webster, Auto Zone, McDonald's, etc. and others weave back and forth from lane to lane to get around them.

We are also now seeing traffic flowing from the Target/Big Y area backing up nearly 10-20 cars deep near Shell wanting to turn right into Division because Main was not designed to handle the vehicle count those shopping centers downtown now create.

The state seems to have no plan (still!) to fix the exit and on ramps in the Pershing/Division area of Route 8 after nearly two decades of "study" meaning a highway solution that will re-route traffic off side streets is a long ways away.

What can be done to clear this up? Are proposals in the works? Has the state been contacted since many of the affected roads are owned by the state?

It's wonderful to see new retailers want to come to Ansonia and Derby but the infrastructure is not designed to handle it and I see no signs of improvement on the horizon.


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