Oh man, you must not have lived here too long... The DOT celebrated the holidays in the hood by whanging on a pile driver most nights (if you don't know what it is, you have to look at a picture or a video to understand the magnitude of noise and vibration it causes). They're used to drive beams into the ground with a gigantic weight.

So every night from 11:30 P - 12 A there'd be this WHANG WHANG WHANG WHANG WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP WHANG for our lovely money sucking pit of the Q Bridge.

The DOT's budget and the Q bridge costs by far exceed all the state's human service agencies by a huge magnitude, because it's historically been exceeding corrupt and handed out million and now billion dollar contracts to private industry. Although O&G has traditionally been relatively honest. Gov. is no fool, he wants money to maintain itself. Who cares about the mentally ill, the MR, the poor, recent immigrants, the elderly, education? Forget THAT stuff.

The Q bridge is paramount. How could we ask out of state drivers to take alternate routes if they ran the pile driver during the day, because I'm 99% positive it will be back.
Can they run bihourly trains from NH to Hartford to cut 91 congestion by 75%? I think not. Who would benefit in the private sector from that. Give my mentally ill clients, the ones talking to themselves & blessing the phone poles, a sangwich & a buck when they're on the street. Thanks,

Embittered and cynical one eared catlady

The Wooster Square Block Watch will meet on Wed. Aug. 10 at 6pm at Conte School library and will include an update on the I-95/91 construction project. We invite you to join us! http://woostersqwatch.com

Is this still going on?

I've seen what I believe are drug deals during the day on weekends on the corner of Olive and St. John and Olive and Chapel. Usually a person is waiting on the corner, a car/truck pulls up, quick transaction takes place and they are both gone.

http://newhavenregister.com/articles/2011/04/27/opinion/doc4db73b0f98ca9798145149.txt
This, of course, would be the ultimate solution to the problem: a solution opposed to by both Democrats & Republicans.

So is Kristen Stiff the person I should be complaining to? I will e-mail her about the shaking and see what kind of response I get.

Just to follow up on this thread - I reached out to DOT to let them know about the mini-tremors caused by all the construction in Wooster Square & I-95 and a representative got back to me. They want to organize a meeting next week among local residents to gather complaints but also to give out more information and see what can be done in terms of minimizing the disturbances. If you don't hear back, definitely contact DOT (she even suggested dropping by their offices at the corner of Hamilton and Chapel). But more than likely the notice of the meeting will go out via email, so yes, you will actually have to open the email and scroll down to get info on where/when it will be held.

At the Downtown Wooster Square Community Management Team on Tuesday May 15 at 6 pm at City Hall, there will be a representative from the City and from Connecticut DOT to discuss issues surrounding construction in the Wooster Square area.

Deputy Economic Development Administrator City of New Haven will discuss the construction of I-95 and how it will impact Wooster Square over the next year or so.

Please read the following message from Michael Piscitelli, Deputy Economic Development Administrator City of New Haven:

We are confirmed for May 15, Downtown/Wooster Sq. management team at 6:00. DOT will be sending a representative or two to go over the forecast construction work on the Q-Bridge project which as you know ties into I-91. This includes some remaining Amtrak tree clearing on the right-of-way. My understanding from LCI is that it is not extensive but needs to be shared with you the team as it is night-work which can be loud and unsettling without advance notice. Linda Davis will be the city's point of contact 203-946-7888, but I will stop by as well. We can touch on other updates re: Downtown Crossing, the new parking meter times to fill the agenda if you need anything.

I hope to see new faces at our next meeting. The meetings last one hour. Cheese and crackers will be served.

If you have any questions you can reach me at 203-641-4666 or any@andyrossgroup.com

Thank you,

Andy Ross

Chairman

DTWSCMT

This car is back again. I suppose the owner took it to a friend or neighbor's house for awhile and now feels it's safe to bring back an expensive car with out-of-state plates, to satisfy the terms of the law. However, this car has consistently been parked IN NEW HAVEN without a state plate for at least two years -- and by that I mean more than six months each calendar year.
It's unconscionable that a good citizen would stiff his neighbors with paying the tax that he's purposely not paying.

It is possible the owner can be a student from another state. St. John Street has a car from Colorado and another out of state plate with current parking stickers that go back two and three years!

Has anyone thought that perhaps this is someone's summer car? That maybe it spends the majority of the year in Vermont? That maybe the owner dates someone that lives on Academy St? That maybe the ower is a student? If the motive here is to collect taxes dur to the city, then why isn't every car with out of state plates posted on this site? It's as if you people are stalking this person. Perhaps I'll put a see click fix complaint about stalkers in the neighborhood.