Live cams, speed sensors track traffic in Merritt Parkway work zone

For years, a project on a 5-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway in Fairfield and Westport has caused lane closures and traffic delays.

As the $56.7 million project enters its next phase, commuters can now view live traffic cams in the are most prone to bottlenecks and the biggest delays.

That’s the area between Exit 41 and 42 in Westport caused by construction work and the merging traffic from the two entrance ramps.

The five cameras are found on the project’s web site.

The link - http://www.traffic-asti.com/tcm/default.aspx?id=f8a23c29-ad84-4caf-9ac4-dcdce90bda5a - also includes current sensor data that gives traffic speeds in both directions.

This is the area that will have the most construction activity since the project began in 2017.

The next stage of the work will mean more lane closures and intermittent closure of entrance and exit ramps at Exit 41 and 42 with signed detour routes..

Motorists can expect changes beginning in the southbound direction with lanes shifted to the right side to establish a work zone for construction of median improvements. Concrete barriers will be installed on the left side of the southbound roadway to separate the median construction work area from traffic.

Lanes will remain reduced to 10 feet wide and justified to the right side of the roadway.

Motorist can anticipate similar traffic alignment changes occurring in the northbound direction as shoulder reconstruction work is completed and median reconstruction begins.

All work will be done with nighttime lane closures.

The project will improve a 5-mile section of the Merritt Parkway and restore 11 historic bridges (over and underpasses) from the Newtown...

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