Government/Town

Town Traffic Safety Study

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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. The use of traffic data including crash data from previous years, field observations at locations all over town, and surveys of the public were used to inform the study. According to Karen Isherwood, Town Engineer, the town is planning to apply for a federal grant program, Safe Streets and Roads for All, which provides grants from $1 to $10 million. To be eligible, towns must have an action plan, a requirement that is filled by the traffic study.

Editorial

Pedestrians Watch Out!

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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.”

Columns

Food For Thought

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Teacher Appreciation Week – First week in May

Columns

Food For Thought

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“I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.”

Government/Town

Drivers Beware

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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. It’s imperative that automobile drivers are aware of children, especially in low traffic areas like housing developments, but also that the children themselves are observing safe riding practices.