The Representative Town Meeting set for Monday, Sept 28 includes a request from Jim Michel, commissioner of Public Works, for $799,200 for pedestrian crossing and ADA improvements at the intersection of Railroad Avenue, Greenwich Avenue, Bruce Park Avenue and Steamboat Road. The project would replace and modernize the traffic signals at the busy intersection.
Intersection of Railroad Ave, Greenwich Ave and Steamboat Road. Sept 25, 2026 Photo: EYD
The project is immediately adjacent to the central Greenwich transit station, which serves Metro North commuter rail, CT Transit, and the Norwalk Transit District’s Greenwich Central Loop Shuttle.
Nearby, work on the 8-30g affordable housing condo development at the former Honda dealership on Mason Street, Chilston Court, is under way, and the redevelopment of the Greenwich Train Station and surrounding retail, Greenwich Crossing, is near completion.
The intersection is also near I-95’s exit 3, which serves as a primary gateway to downtown Greenwich, and is walking distance to Town Hall, the Wallace Center, Agnes Morley, Wilbur Peck, Bruce Park playground, Bruce Museum, town ferries and Roger Sherman Baldwin Park.
Intersection of Railroad Ave, Greenwich Ave and Steamboat Road. Sept 25, 2026 Photo: EYD
Intersection of Railroad Ave, Greenwich Ave and Steamboat Road. Sept 25, 2026 Photo: EYD
The resolution is #21 on the agenda, (page 113). It was referred to the Finance, Public Works and Transportation Committees.
The explanos for the meeting includes the award notice for a 2026 Community Connectivity Grant, part of a program was authorized by the Connecticut General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Ned Lamont.
Originally Greenwich requested $621,600 for the project in May of 2025. CT Dept of Transportation allows for up to a 5.8 percent inflation adjustment to the grant award to account for the one-year time lapse between application submission and the announcement for this subsequent round of funding.
The maximum amount of construction funding available for the grant is $657,653.00 which is expected to cover about 82% of the construction costs. The remaining $141,547 would cover work beyond the scope of the grant.
The Dept of Public Works identified the intersection as a priority for full signal replacement in accordance with the Town’s ADA Transition Plan.
The engineering plans to replace this signal were already completed as part of the Town’s Arch Street Corridor (CMAQ) project, completed in 2022. This intersection was removed from the construction scope of the CMAQ project due to budget limits since it operates independently, not coordinated with the rest of Arch Street.
The existing signal does not meet ADA requirements for push buttons so the project will implement fully-compliant push buttons and pedestrian signals on all four corners. This will require new pedestals in some locations and additional buttons on all corners to provide one per crossing direction. APS pushbuttons will replace the non-compliant pushbuttons in use today. The signal mast arms will also be replaced and built to modern structural/wind load requirements.
The signal plan incorporates a dedicated left-turn phase for Bruce Park Avenue and a right-turn overlap phase for Steamboat Road, which were identified as safety and traffic operations enhancements.
The phasing improvements require new mast arms because the new signal heads will add weight to mast arms that are already undersized.
The curb ramps at the corners have already been upgraded by the Town to meet ADA requirements, so it is expected that they can be preserved and maintained during construction.
Other improvements include re-timed clearance intervals which will improve safety for all users, and upgrading to a 360-degree video detection camera to improve operational efficiency.
Per Town data, the site serves approximately 1,200 vehicles and 300 pedestrians in the typical PM peak hour, or approximately 12,000 vehicles and (conservatively) 3,000 pedestrians per day.
From 2022-2024, there were 18 crashes at the intersection: 13 crashes involved vehicles traveling southbound on Greenwich Ave merging into the right-turn lane; there were 3 angle collisions; and 1 crash each with a bicycle or pedestrian.
The RTM Call also includes a resolution requested by the RTM Finance Committee to change meeting start time for the RTM to 7:00pm beginning with its October 26, 2026 meeting.
Monday’s RTM meeting will take place in the Greenwich High School performing arts center on Hillside Road, starting at 8pm. It can be viewed via Zoom.