NORWICH – Residents of Plymouth Street and Willard Court have been anxiously awaiting the removal of the Canasawacta Creek dam for nearly a year, but city officials are saying they won’t have to wait much longer.
After suffering severe flooding in April of 2005 and June of 2006, residents living near the Canasawacta Creek dam have been eager to see the removal of the structure, originally installed to allow for a swimming area for children. With the addition of the Kurt Beyer Pool, the dam has outlived its usefulness, and some city aldermen are concerned it may pose a safety issue because of the number of children playing on or around it every summer.
Despite the fact that engineers have said the dam had no impact on the June or April floods, residents in the area are convinced that removing the dam would help to maintain the safety of the area.
“When can I tell my concerned neighbors of Plymouth Street, South Plymouth Street, Pleasant Street and Willard Court that the work will begin?” Plymouth Street resident Larry Davey asked in a recent e-mail sent to The Evening Sun, Mayor Joseph Maiurano and a representative from Sterns and Wheeler, the engineering consulting firm with whom the city has been working. “Our neighborhood has many elderly, and some disabled people that are on fixed incomes and they will find it hard to move rapidly from the area in another emergency flood situation,” Davey said. He added that he hoped the city’s sidewalk replacement program would not delay the removal of the dam.
There's more to this story! You're only seeing 59% of the story. 
powered by 
