The DEEP and the Connecticut Greenways Council have announced that they are now soliciting nominations for official state greenway designations. Greenways are an integral part of any community, offering recreational opportunities, providing alternate transportation options, helping to preserve the environment, and supporting economic development.
Cheshire from downtown New Haven, they’ll stop in a tunnel under Whitney Avenue—and connect with history. The New Haven Independent reports on New Haven’s stretch of the Farmington Canal Greenway.
At the opening of a new 1.8-mile stretch of bicycle trail in Canton, longtime rails-to-trails advocate R. Bruce Donald welcomed the presence of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and his acting transportation commissioner, James P. Redeker, as a milestone in a long struggle.
One hiking trail — the Ives Trail — will arc from Devil’s Den on the Redding-Weston border north into Danbury, then west into Ridgefield.
Although the tracks remain in place from Haddam to Middletown, they haven’t been used in more than 40 years. So why not create a rails-to-trails project along the abandoned line? The right-of-way is owned by the state Department of Environmental Protection, which leases a 23-mile portion of the rails to the Essex Steam Train. via
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The Connecticut DEP has announced it has approved the City of Waterbury’s proposal for the use of $500,000 from the settlement of environmental violations at a local company.
The Board of Selectmen (BOS) held a special meeting on Friday, December 3, where they met with representatives from the Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) on the first phase of the Still River Greenway project. The BOS voted 2-1 to send out a request for proposal (RFP) to contractors for the design and construction of
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The Farmington Greenway trail in Avon between Country Club Road at the north and Scoville Road to the south is now reopened and available for use.
The Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association on Friday presented Waterbury’s Greenway Advisory Committee with a Public Service Award in recognition of successful collaborative planning.
