Ansonia Opens Revamped Wakelee Avenue

ANSONIA- A gathering of nearly 100 city officials and residents took part in Wakelee Avenue’s official ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday evening. The celebration culminates an eight month reconstruction of one of Ansonia’s most historic streets.

And what better location to host the ceremony as a backdrop was one of Wakelee Avenue’s marquee businesses – Roma’s Pizza. Owner’s Louie and Adrian offered up a seemingly endless serving of assorted pizzas, trays of chicken wings along with Christmas cookies, soda and coffee for all those attending.

The reconstruction project included milling and paving, new sidewalks, installation of 120 antique lamps, new drainage and granite curbing, trees, and benches along the mile long avenue.

(This is a press release from Ansonia City Hall)

Part of Wakelee Avenue to Close

The following information is from Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch:

 

 

ANSONIA - Wakelee Avenue will be closed to through traffic from Division Street to Jackson Street starting at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday December 8, 2018 until further notice. Residences and businesses south of Mary Street, address numbers 20 to 167, can be accessed from Division Street and Hall Street. Residences and businesses north of Mary Street, address numbers 171 to 199, can be accessed from Burton Street, Church Street and Jackson Street.

 

There will be road closed signs posted on Wakelee Avenue at Division Street and Jackson Street. Officers will also be posted at those locations, if you need to access Wakelee Avenue in the areas listed above please advise the officer and they will allow you access. Mary Street will remain closed to through traffic until further notice, only residents of Mary Street are allowed access.

 

Thank you for patience, work is being done as quickly as possible to rectify the problem. 

Purchase a Piece of History

‘Vital corridor’ Wakelee Avenue in Ansonia to get $3.5 million overhaul

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich
Register Correspondent
ANSONIA >> Mayor David Cassetti announced Tuesday that the problem-plagued Wakelee Avenue will get a $3.5 million facelift.
Cassetti held a press conference outside Lear Pharmacy, one of the approximately 50 businesses located along a one-mile stretch of Wakelee Avenue, to deliver the good news.
“When I first came to office, I recognized the infrastructure of this city was sorely neglected, in particular, Wakelee Avenue,” Cassetti said. “Wakelee Avenue is a major artery for the City of Ansonia that has been neglected for too long. The pavement is in poor condition, the sidewalks are intermittent and in disrepair and there is a lack of adequate drainage.”

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