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9/6/2016 - New Bridge Project Updates on NPD Web page!!!

Hi everyone,

Well, all of you here in the Borough realize the mess that has come to be with the two (of three) bridges here in Naugatuck being worked on … The Prospect Street Bridge project and the Maple Street Bridge Project have been known to snarl traffic on both sides of the river … leading to frustration for all …. Particularly when you are not expecting shutdowns …

These projects are expected to last the next few years … which has the potential to lead to many more months of traffic frustration …

Well, the NPD brainstormed and we came up with two solutions;

First was to buy a giant “Car Sling Shot” and thrust the cars over the river ….. That seemed like it could be a little dangerous and possibly costly with the potential damage that could result from mis-fires and rough landings and all … (That was by the way THE LAST time we will invite our firearms instructors to a traffic related meeting….)

The second, and more realistic solution was to help advise our residents of bridge related traffic issues and closures by adding a “Bridge Status” box on our web page and pushing notifications out on our social media sources like Facebook and twitter … The NPD web page has added and an area dedicated to providing bridge work updates and this box is located “front and center” on the NPD main page … The box is appropriately titled “ Bridge Status” … (…yep … came up with that one all by myself ….)

… the plan is for the bridge projects to advise us of the bridge closures … so that we can in turn, advise all of you … and you will now have several very easy ways to obtain this information;

• The Naugatuck Police Web page @ www.naugatuckpd.org
• The Naugatuck PD Facebook page and / or NPD twitter feed
• The CT DOT will provide press releases to the Naugatuck Patch and Waterbury Republican American concerning either bridge project closures

So there you have it – please check out the new NPD “Bridge Status” web page feed and be sure to check it regularly for updated bridge closures and other bridge traffic related issues throughout the remainder of these projects.

… Oh, BTW … just to be clear ….if you see any cars being “sling –shot ” through the air – they have NOTHING to do with the NPD … please notify us though so we can investigate!!!

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