The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/author/beth-chafetz/page/14/)
By Beth Chafetz with information from the Town website
Tigne and Bond was hired by the town to conduct a traffic and pedestrian safety study recently completed for the town. It recommends a number of improvements for local roads, including the realignment of intersections, installation of roundabouts, and the addition of stop signs, crosswalks, and crossing signals.
According to the Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center, 2022 “could become one of the more deadly years for pedestrians in the state, continuing a troubling trend.”
The Suffield Observer Board of Directors will sponsor two scholarships to Suffield residents who will be entering an accredited two or four-year college in September 2022.
The Suffield Observer Board of Directors will sponsor two scholarships for Suffield residents who will be entering an accredited two or four-year college in September 2022.
“I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.”
Jerry Turbet retired in January 2021 as Suffield’s Town Engineer after 32 years of service.
As the weather becomes nicer and more of us move outside to enjoy it, children on bicycles are one of the hazards drivers need to be aware of. According to Stanford Children’s Health website about 100 children are killed and 54,000 are injured each year as a result of bicycle related accidents.
Read Across America Day was established by the National Education Association in 1998 to help kids get excited about reading.