Engineering Department
Location
45 South Main Street
Room #203
Hours
Mon thru Fri, 8 am - 4:30 pm
Contact
Town Engineer: Alison Kapushinski, P.E.
Asst. Town Engineer: Tiffany Shipman
Tel: (203) 294-2035
Fax: (203) 284-4012
Virtual Public Information Meeting - June 3
Replacement of Toelles Road Bridge over Quinnipiac River" Bridge No. 04392
Engineering Department Responsibilities
1. Assist the Public With:
- Complaints about public sidewalks
- Marking the street lines at their properties
- Making tax assessor and topographic maps
- Drainage concerns
- Evaluating sight-line problems
- Coordinating private storm drainage connections into Town’s system
- Attendance at neighborhood meetings on Town projects
- Investigating illicit stormwater discharges
2. Assist Developers & Contractors With:
- Plan reviews
- Issuing Street Excavation Permits
- Inspection of new subdivision roads
- Providing vertical and horizontal control for construction
- Bond compliance issues
3. Assist Other Town Departments With:
- Review of applications for Planning & Zoning, Inland-Wetlands & Zoning Board of Appeals
- Maintenance of listing for public and private roads
- Legal descriptions for municipal properties
- Preparation of contract documents for Municipal Improvement projects
- Survey/layout and control for municipal construction projects
- Serve the Legal Traffic Authority as technical staff
- Provide survey, mapping and engineering services to all Town departments
4. Assist Town Commissions/Committees:
- Provide technical assistance to the Quinnipiac River Linear Trail Advisory Committee and the Conservation Commission.
5. Assist Public Works With:
- Survey layout
- Roadway, bridge and drainage design
- Maintenance and protection of traffic design.
- Stormwater and You
Inflow and Infiltration (I & I) are essentially clean water that enters into the sanitary sewer from public and private sources. I & I takes up capacity in the sewer system resulting in more cost to ratepayers, public health issues and property damage. Learn more about the Sewer Division's Inflow and Infiltration Program.