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Tree removal work underway on the Merritt Parkway in the northbound lane in Fairfield, Conn. on Tuesday night Oct. 15, '09. Here, Howard Brooks, of Northeast Clearing in Middletown, waits to use a chainsaw during the removal operation on the side of the parkway. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post

Trees and bush have been cleared from alongside the Madison Avenue bridge over the Merritt Parkway in Trumbull, Tuesday, Oct, 2009. Photo: Phil Noel / Connecticut Post

Tree removal work underway on the Merritt Parkway in the northbound lane in Fairfield, Conn. on Tuesday night Oct. 15, '09. Here, a Timbco 425 logging machine cuts through a large tree on the side of the parkway. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post

Traffic along the Merritt Parkway drives past the start of the Merritt Parkway Reconstruction project running through Trumbull and Fairfield. The project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Photo: Phil Noel / Connecticut Post

Paving work underway on the Merritt Parkway in the southbound lane in Fairfield, Conn. on Tuesday night Oct. 15, '09. Here, a massive paver smooths out the lanes near exit 46. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post

(L-R) Ken Baker, a supervisor for Star Construction, Andrew Smolen, Chief Inspector for STV Incorporated and Craig Miller, Project Supervisor for O&G discuss a drainage project below the Nichols Avenue Bridge in Trumbull along the Merritt. Photo: Phil Noel / Connecticut Post

Paving work underway on the Merritt Parkway in the southbound lane in Fairfield, Conn. on Tuesday night Oct. 15, '09. Here, a steam roller, blurred with a time exposure, smooths out the lanes near exit 46. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post

Within a few feet of fast moving traffic along the Merritt Parkway eastbound in Fairfield, a worker directs a crane lifting pipes and other equiptment for the Mill River bridge reconstruction project, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Photo: Phil Noel / Connecticut Post

Tree removal work underway on the Merritt Parkway in the northbound lane in Fairfield, Conn. on Tuesday night Oct. 15, '09. Here, Howard Brooks, of Northeast Clearing in Middletown, uses a chainsaw to remove small trees and branches leftover on the side of the parkway. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post

A worker welds in a wet, muddy cofferdam along the Mill River at the Mill River Bridge on the Merritt Parkway. The bridge is part of the Merritt Reconstruction, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Photo: Phil Noel / Connecticut Post