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| (Pictured above are various bike-friendly road treatments, applicable to the projects to be discussed on May 23.) |
The Jonah
Center for Earth and Art and The Rockfall Foundation invite the public to learn
about recreational trails and bike routes being constructed, planned, or
envisioned in the greater Middletown area. The program will take place on Wednesday,
May 23, 7- 8:30 p.m. at the deKoven House, 27 Washington Street, in Middletown.
The main
presenters will be John Shafer and Kathy Herron, members of Portland’s Air Line
Trail Steering Committee and Complete Streets Group; Howard Reid, co-chair of
Middletown’s Complete Streets Committee; and John Hall, Executive Director of
the Jonah Center.
The presentations
will cover the large number of current projects at various stages of
development in Portland, Middletown, and extending west through Meriden to
connect the Air Line Trail with the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in
Cheshire. A section of the Air Line Trail in Portland is scheduled to open on
June 2. Other trails and routes in Middletown are under construction, or
construction is scheduled to begin soon, or projects are in the concept and
planning phase, or awaiting funding.
Those in
attendance will have ample opportunity to ask questions, offer ideas, and join
other advocates in exploring strategies to support these walking and bicycling
infrastructure improvements. Many studies have demonstrated the health,
economic, and quality of life benefits that come with safer and more convenient
places to exercise and use non-motorized transportation. But these improvements
are not likely to happen without an informed and mobilized citizenry. The need
for public awareness and coordinated action is behind the Jonah Center’s Speak
Out For Trails & Bike Routes
campaign that was launched in February 2018.
For more
information, contact John Hall at 860-398-3771 or via “contact us” from www.thejonahcenter.org
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