To The Residents of the Town of Tolland:

The four o’clock report from our CL&P representative is that some thirteen line crews, five tree crews and three service crews are working in various locations in TOLLAND. Streets where crews are working include Old Post, Loehr, Carter, Reed,Rhodes, Walbridge Hill, and Merrow.  The CL&P outage report says we have 43% still without power. Hopefully that number will come down as more lines are energized in the next few hours.   Some low hanging wire issues have been addressed as CL&P works on the various roads. Specific concerns such as Village at Crystal Springs have been communicated to the representative and we have been told there are crews in the area. Read the rest of this entry »

To Town Residents from the Town Manager,

We are now in day eight of the storm’s aftermath. As of 10:00 a.m. The CL&P website says we are at 44% outage. Fortunately we did get power at our elderly housing complex so the thirty residents are now safe. It took CL&P two and one half hours to get the power restored at this priority site that we have been asking be addressed for two days. Read the rest of this entry »

It is now 3:00 pm. and I have just met with our CL &P representative. The news is no better at this point. Our percentage outage has gone from 50% to 56% which to me means we are going in the wrong direction. Our elderly housing complex remains without power due to a problem with the pole in the area. This is a priority, but no time frame for repair is given. We have one line crew on Old Stafford road and a crew in Willington working on Rt. 32 feeder lines. The crew working on Old Post has not completed their work, but it appears they have left. The four line crews we were to receive have not shown up. Roads with low hanging wires interfering with fire apparatus include potions of Browns Bridge Road, Cook Road, Eastview Terrace, Fox Ridge Drive, Gottier Road, Grahaber Road, Grandview Street, Harriet Drive, Kozley Road, Mountain Spring Road, Nedwied Road, Shenipsit Lake Road, Sugar Hill Road, Webber Road, Willie Circle. Numerous other roads have wires lying on the side of the road. Read the rest of this entry »

As of 11:00 Saturday TOLLAND still had 3172 CL&P customers without power. In addition we continue to have no power at our elderly housing complex which houses 30 elderly residents nor have we had any progress on some 25 roads that have low or downed wires that are causing problems with emergency apparatus.  Read the rest of this entry »

Please be advised that there is a boil advisory for some Community Public Water Systems in our area due to extended power outages.  If you need assistance, please contact the Eastern Highlands Health District at 860.429.3325. Read the rest of this entry »

The generator at THS is down for 2 hours.  Between now and noon you should go to Star Hill to shower.  After the generator is up and running Tolland High School is open for showers only — there will be no food or water provided and not being used as a shelter.
 
Storm debris can be dropped off at Cross Farms starting 11/4/11 from 8 a.m. until dusk and spoiled food can be brought to the dumpster at the Tolland Highway Garage starting today 8:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Line and tree crews have arrived in Tolland from South Carolina and will be working in Tolland for the remainder of the day.  Hopefully following that crews will start to work on energizing lines for power restoration.

The Library will also be closed on Thursday, Nov. 3rd and the Town Hall hours for will be from 9:00 am-5:00 pm on Thursday, 11/3.

The Solid Waste and Recycling Pickup for the week of October 31^st is cancelled for the whole week.  Tentatively the pickup will start on Monday as normal (November 7^th).  Please remember that everything has to be in the tote for pickup.  Also as a reminder, the Bulky and Metal pickup will be for the week of November 7^th.  If you have any spoiled food from the storm, a dumpster is available at the Highway Garage (118 Old Post Road) beginning today (11/2) from 8:00 am-4:00 pm.  Also storm related debris can be taken to the Cross Farms parking lot located on Rhodes Road starting on Friday, 11/4.

The Town Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2011 has been cancelled. With the Election of a New Council, there will be an Organizational Meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the 6th Floor Council Chambers of the Hicks Memorial Municipal Center.

The Town of Tolland has recently been informed that after a financial review by Fitch that our AA+ rating has been confirmed and that Standard and Poor’s has improved our AA rating by going to a Positive outlook from Stable.  These are extremely high ratings achieved by only a few other communities in our area.  The ability to improve our bond rating in these tenuous financial times is indication of the strength the rating agencies view the Towns financial condition, its financial policies, its long term debt and the Town’s management structure.  Bonds will be sold in the market over the next week to fund previously approved capital projects.

Attention: Residents on Private Public Water Systems

Please be advised that there is a boil advisory for local Private Public Water Systems in our area due to the extended power outages.  A spigot is available at the FireTrainingCenter,191 Merrow Roadfor residents to fill containers with drinking water.  The spigot is located on the right side of the building towards the rear and is clearly marked “Water for Drinking”.  You must bring your own containers.  A small stockpile of bottled water is also available.  If more is needed please contact the Health Department at the number below and a Town representative will be contacted to assist you.  Read the rest of this entry »