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New Canaan group discusses Elm Street parking changes, ramp work and kiosk review
Summary
Chamber and community members discussed merchant complaints about recent Elm Street parking changes, ramp and lot resizing work to ease deliveries, the finance board review of parking kiosks, and a proposal to install multilingual AI agents in kiosks for visitor information.
Community leaders and residents in New Canaan spent much of their recent meeting hashing out how parking changes on Elm Street are affecting downtown retailers and what short-term fixes — from a new ramp to better signage — might ease circulation.
Laura Budd, head of the Chamber of Commerce in New Canaan, told the group the recent switch to paid parking and parking kiosks has upset some merchants because prime curbside spaces moved away from store fronts. She said the town has more free parking overall now, but the spaces are not directly in front of Elm Street businesses, and some early technical issues with the machines compounded frustration.
The group identified…
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