Clapboard Ridge Road, Harding Road Remain Closed: UPDATE

Updated 2:20 p.m.

GREENWICH, CT — According to a tweet from Greenwich CT Dispatch, Clapboard Ridge Road in the Backcountry remains closed. The eastern portion of Harding Road in Old Greenwich also remains closed.

Other flooding conditions in town have cleared, as Tropical Storm Elsa has moved out of the area.

Clapboard Ridge Rd remains closed. The eastern portion of Harding Road also remains closed. Other flooding conditions have cleared.
— GreenwichCTDispatch (@GreenwichCTDisp) July 9, 2021

According to their outage map, Eversource is reporting that 99 customers in Greenwich are without power, which includes 59 in the area of Clapboard Ridge Road where a tree and wires came down earlier this morning.

The estimated restoration time for those 59 customers is 6 p.m., according to Everource.

Original post, 9:40 a.m.

As Tropical Storm Elsa moves along the east coast, heavy rain is being dumped across Fairfield County.

According to the Greenwich CT Dispatch Center twitter account, Harding Road in Old Greenwich has closed due to flooding.

Additionally in the Backcountry, Clapboard Ridge Road is closed near No. 170 due to a tree and wires down. According to Eversource, 59 customers are without power in the area. An estimated restoration time has not been announced.

"We are doing everything we can to ensure that the state’s utility companies respond to outages as quickly as possible to keep critical services online and prevent loss of perishable items,” Gov. Ned Lamont said in a news release Friday. "Right now, unless you are required to travel, we are urging everyone to stay home and remain off the roads if you can until the storm passes and conditions improve."

Lt. John Slusarz of the Greenwich Police Department said the overnight hours were relatively quiet around town, but things are starting to pick up now.

"We did pretty well overnight, but now some flooding is occurring, especially in the Old Greenwich area," Slusarz said. "Overnight we had one or two trees come down and those got cleaned up pretty quickly, but right now the message from dispatch I just got is 'street flooding through Old Greenwich, some roads are not passable, fire department is handling a few flooded basements.'"

We have received reports of roads in Old Greenwich closed due to flooding. Please do not drive onto a roadway if you see it has sustained flooding, as the depth may be deeper than what it appears.

Contact 203-622-8004 to report roadway closures. 911 for all emergencies. pic.twitter.com/gH0MhcSApF
— Greenwich PD PIO (@GreenwichCTPD) July 9, 2021

Patch will update this post as more information becomes available.