Derby Public Works

The wall behind Lowe's is crumbling and causing erosion for #11 and #13 general wooster road back yard properties.

Going West or rt 34, coming over the naugatuck river bridge there are two lanes that split up into four at the light under the rt. 8 overpass. The left lane (of the two before the split) is marked to split into the three MOST used lanes: two rt. 8 onramp lanes and the rt. 34W lane. The other lane is marked to direct traffic to water st, and home depot lanes.

The real issue is the people trying to continue on rt 34 need to swoop into the line of travel of the right lane to follow road markings and stay on 34 from the left lane.

Simple solution aleviating left lane bridge traffic and avoiding the conversion of driving lines would be to change the dashed road lines from the left lane to only point at the rt. 8 on ramp lanes.

People heading towards New Haven and turning left into Wendy's (the marker on the map is as close as it would let me place it) get confused (or perhaps stubborn) about whether to go to the left or the right side of the yellow island. Part of the cause is the overly wide gap in the barrier in the median - if you stop at the end waiting for traffic to clear, you are still probably 4 car lengths shy of the entrance. If you stop aligned with the entrance (to the right side of the island), you're blocking people who may be trying to exit Beechlawn Terrace.

The purpose of the island seems to be to force people to drive back to the back entrance to get in - a good idea since people blocking the driveway near the street could cause an accident on route 34. Some people are clearly entering to the left side to circumvent that intent - in order to enter through the exit from the parking lot. The drive through lane conflicting with the parking lot traffic is also part of the problem

Ways to improve this
- paint out arrows on the outbound lanes
- signage on the island (keep right)
- make exit from beechlawn right turn only and then u-turn at Walmart entrance - and shrink the opening (as a benefit it would better protect the turn lane...)
- move the drive through lane (and/or widen the entrance) so if the drive through backs up, people can still enter the parking lot the "correct" way without conflict with people waiting for their order to be taken

This is probably private land though - which limits the options I'm guessing - further muddled because it is right on the derby/orange border.

Is that intergovernmental agency group consuming oxygen in the Derby train station who resolves issues where two cities have different priorites?

Many times I walk down to the Derby Greenway from my home in Ansonia near the police station. There is only a sidewalk on one side of the bridge. When you reach the end of the sidewalk and want to cross Division St to the greenway you have to run in between the traffic. Can someone please put in a button to stop the light and put cross walk lights in to tell us it's safe to cross the street?

This is a high-traffic area and the trees are blocking the view from the entrance / exit of this parking lot. Head-on collisions are occurring between people turning left from Pershing Drive into the lot VS. people exiting the lot turning right onto Pershing Drive.

Curb Disintegrated - Dangerous Rebar Exposed. Pedestrians and bicyclists can get impaled. Tires can get blown. Quick temp remedy - cut pieces - re-pour in spring.

The light here has not worked since Labor Day.