Selectmen approve summer closures for Glenville, CMS roads
Board of Selectmen · Meeting of May 28, 2026
Greenwich Selectmen approve dual summer road closures for Glenville corridor finish and Central Middle School sewer work. The board, with First Selectman Fred Camillo, Selectwoman Lauren Rabin and Selectperson Rachel Khanna all voting yes, unanimously approved an overnight closure of Glenville Road between Glen Ridge Road and Weaver Street from June 21 to 25, and a temporary closure at Indian Rock Lane and Stanwich Road for six to eight weeks starting in early July tied to Central Middle School's new ball field construction. DPW's Ian Brown called the Glenville work "the light at the end of the tunnel" after a yearslong corridor project.
Turner Construction's Peter Alfano and Joe Phelan said no residential driveways would be blocked. Rabin also reported Greenwich received about $200,000 from a $300 million state education and municipal allocation, and the board reappointed Sharon Phillips to the Selectmen's Nominations Advisory Committee through June 30, 2029.
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Source: the Board of Selectmen meeting of May 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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GREENWICH — May 28, 2026 — The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday to approve two summer road closures tied to long-running infrastructure projects, one finishing a multiyear traffic signal overhaul in Glenville and the other clearing the way for sanitary sewer relocation work at Central Middle School.
First Selectman Fred Camillo, Selectwoman Lauren Rabin and Selectperson Rachel Khanna, all present, approved an overnight closure of Glenville Road between Glen Ridge Road and Weaver Street from June 21 to June 25, and a temporary closure at Indian Rock Lane and Stanwich Road this summer for work connected to the Central Middle School reconstruction. The board also reappointed Sharon Phillips to the Selectmen's Nominations Advisory Committee.
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DPW civil engineer Ian Brown told the board the Glenville Road closure, part of the CMAQ Glenville Road Corridor Traffic Signal Optimization project, would run overnight from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. over the five nights. He said the Highway Division would try to deploy a digital message board ahead of the paving work despite heavy summer demand for the signs, and that the department would rely on social media, community newsletters and individual mailings to notify residents. Brown said contractor equipment would be staged on Pemberwick Road near its intersection with Glenville Road, including the Glenville Fire House parking lot, to keep it away from residences. Rabin made the motion to approve the closure; Khanna seconded it; it passed unanimously.
The board then heard from two Turner Construction representatives, site superintendent Peter Alfano and project manager Joe Phelan, on a temporary closure request for sanitary sewer relocation work at Indian Rock Lane and Stanwich Road, tied to the Central Middle School building project. Alfano said manholes and piping need to move out of the area of the school property slated for a new ball field and into the roadway. The work is expected to run six to eight weeks starting in early July, with cars detoured around the campus via Orchard Street and Stanwich Road. Alfano said no residential driveways would be blocked and that the contractor would coordinate with a nearby Baptist church to maintain driveway access during the one to two weeks work occurs near the building. Rabin made the motion to approve; Khanna seconded; it passed unanimously.
Rabin, who reported on the Riverside School Building Committee's architect interviews earlier in the meeting, also briefed the board on her recent attendance at the Western Connecticut Council of Governments, where members voted to endorse a letter from WestCOG Director Francis Pickering to the U.S. Department of Transportation supporting a Safe Streets for All implementation grant, and voted to accept a Department of Economic and Community Development brownfields remediation grant to help clean up sites at 279 and 290 Mason Street. Rabin said she was disappointed to hear a state legislator criticize the Central Middle School Building Committee at a recent League of Women Voters legislative recap and said she hoped for an apology.
Khanna reported that New Lebanon School was named one of the state's Blue Ribbon Schools and said the town received about $200,000 in additional state funding as part of a $300 million legislative allocation for education and municipal government statewide. Camillo, discussing newly implemented speed cameras in another Connecticut town, said Fairfield issued 114,000 tickets in 17 days under the program, while Greenwich's camera enforcement operates only during school hours and allows an 11 mph buffer over the posted limit.
"I'm very excited to see this project coming together, and I'm hopeful that once the paving is done and the re-striping is done and the lights are synchronized, some of the bottlenecks that we're seeing are going to be alleviated," — Selectwoman Lauren Rabin.
"This is the light at the end of the tunnel here. The paving is some of the last work we're doing," — Ian Brown, DPW civil engineer.
"I was a bit disappointed to hear one of the legislators talk about the Central Middle School Building Committee in a negative way," — Selectwoman Lauren Rabin.
Why It Matters
The Glenville Road closure marks one of the final steps in a corridor-wide traffic signal and paving project residents have waited on for more than a year, with officials saying the completed work should ease long-standing bottlenecks once striping and signal synchronization are finished. The Central Middle School closure affects a different stretch of town: contractors need Indian Rock Lane and Stanwich Road access this summer to relocate sanitary infrastructure ahead of a new athletic field on the school site, work timed to the school year's end so it avoids disrupting classes. Both closures are scheduled for the coming weeks, meaning drivers in Glenville and around Central Middle School should expect detours through late summer.
Key Motions & Votes
- Vote: Approval of the special meeting minutes of May 12, 2026 Tally: For: 3, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 3 - Vote: Approval of the regular meeting minutes of May 14, 2026 Tally: For: 3, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 3 - Vote: Approval of the special meeting minutes of May 14, 2026 Tally: For: 3, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 3 - Vote: Overnight road closure on Glenville Road between Glen Ridge Road and Weaver Street, June 21-25 Tally: For: 3, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 3 - Vote: Temporary road closure for Central Middle School sanitary construction work at Indian Rock Lane and Stanwich Road Tally: For: 3, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 3 - Vote: Reappointment of Sharon Phillips to the Selectmen's Nominations Advisory Committee, term expiring June 30, 2029 Tally: For: 3, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 3 - Vote: Motion to adjourn Tally: For: 3, Against: 0, Abstain: 0, Total: 3
Source
Greenwich Community Television: Board of Selectmen meeting, May 28, 2026