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Resident urges better notice for Laurel Hill Road closure and calls for regional response to encampments
Summary
A Torrington resident warned that a state-ordered closure of Laurel Hill Road with limited advance notice will disrupt traffic and urged regional cooperation on recurring homeless encampments, asking the city to press the Northwest Hills Council of Governments for a coordinated approach.
Tom Cander, a Torrington resident, told the council that Connecticut DOT posted an advisory on April 13 that a section of Laurel Hill Road would close beginning the following Wednesday and said the short public notice risked disrupting residents and traffic. “They only put out that their notice on the 13th,” Cander said, adding, “two months is a long time.”
Cander said the…
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