Middletown’s Department of
Public Works has scheduled an important hearing on the Newfield Corridor Trail
on Wednesday, February 13, 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Police
Station at 222 Main Street. The Department of Public Works will make a brief
presentation on the planning, surveying, and design phase of the project.
Members of the public will have an opportunity to express support and ask
questions.
The Jonah Center began
advocating in 2012 for a multi-use trail that will start close to the downtown
area (such as Veterans Park) and connect with the Mattabesset Bike Path in the
Westfield/Westlake section of the city at Tuttle Road. We are excited and
delighted that the Public Works Department appears ready to move forward with
this long-awaited and talked-about project. The process of route definition,
survey, wetland delineation, permitting, and design is likely to take a number
of years. The Jonah Center and Middletown’s Complete Streets Committee would
appreciate your presence and show of enthusiasm at this meeting to send a
strong message to City officials that bicycle and pedestrian are important to
you. A strong turnout will help move the project along at a quicker pace!
The City has many infrastructure
projects in the works and tends to give priority to those that are perceived to
benefit the largest number of residents. So it is important to show that this
project has strong support and matters to residents from all over town, not
just to those who live in the immediate vicinity of the trail. Delays could
result in the funds earmarked for the project purchasing far less than they
would have originally.
More information on the
trail can be found by clicking on the following links:
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