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Route 15

Expect Delays: New Round Of Tree Removal Scheduled For Merritt Parkway Expect Delays: New Round Of Tree Removal Scheduled For Merritt Parkway
Expect Delays: New Round Of Tree Removal Scheduled For Merritt Parkway A tree removal operation will lead to lane closures and delays on the Merritt Parkway during the weekend. The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced that there will be tree removal on Route 15 (Merritt Parkway) over the weekend in Greenwich, leading to temporary morning lane closures. The scheduled lane closures are expected to last from 6 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 1 and Sunday, Dec. 2 in both directions between exit 27 (Route 120A) and exit 31 (North Street #1).  A moveable sign pattern will be utilized to help motorists navigate through the work zone, as crews cut dead…
Woman, 29, Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Route 15 Woman, 29, Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Route 15
Woman, 29, Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Route 15 A 29-year-old New York City woman was killed in a horrific four-vehicle, chain-reaction crash that occurred early Thanksgiving morning. Nazgul Yussupova of Riverside Drive in Manhattan was the rear passenger in a Honda Civic that was rear-ended by a 2014 Infiniti shortly after 2:30 a.m. on northbound Route 15 in North Haven, Connecticut state police said. The fatality occurred after an earlier crash in which the driver of a 2016 Hyundai Elantra was pulled over in the right shoulder near Exit 64 after she was involved in another accident. The driver of the Elantra,  Helen…
Fairfield County Man Nabbed After High-Speed Chase On Merritt Parkway Fairfield County Man Nabbed After High-Speed Chase On Merritt Parkway
Fairfield County Man Nabbed After High-Speed Chase On Merritt Parkway Connecticut State Police were forced to use stop sticks to apprehend a motorist who took officers on a wild ride on Route 15. Members of the Wilton Police Department attempted to stop a Honda, driven by local resident Ijebol Holmes, on the Merritt Parkway at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Friday morning, when he sped away near the northbound exit 42 in Westport, state police said. The Honda was eventually spotted by a State Police trooper, still on the parkway, near exit 46 in Fairfield. When troopers attempted to stop Holmes near exit 52 in Trumbull, he allegedly sped up again in an attempt to…