The What: Roundabout Revolution in Southwest Connecticut, Vision Zero Updates, and more

The What is your look around southwest Connecticut for the week of October 28.

The What: Roundabout Revolution in Southwest Connecticut, Vision Zero Updates, and more
Happy last week of October and happy early Halloween! (Photo by Kelly Prinz)

Monday, Oct. 28

Happy Monday! I wanted to start by sharing this amazing voting guide that Connecticut Mirror put together for residents of southwest Connecticut. With early voting already underway, this guide can help you on your voting journey. Check out CT Mirror’s 2024 voting guide.

Highlights 

This section will give a brief overview of the key items in the newsletter.

Spotlight

This section will feature our main reporting each week.

For Stamford Representative Virgil de La Cruz, cutting the ribbon on the Greenwich Avenue–Pulaski Street roundabout project—the first roundabout in the city—was a long time coming.

“I cannot tell you how grateful I am for being here and finally seeing this project done. It’s been over 25 years advocating for this,” he said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the roundabout on October 21. “I no longer have to worry about first responders having to climb the sidewalk to get around the traffic to get to their calls.”

“This roundabout is all about enhancing the connectivity, about improving pedestrian safety, about protecting residents whether you’re on a bike, walk or drive around our city—this provides all of the different options,” Mayor Caroline Simmons said. “This eases congestion for Waterside residents, and it looks absolutely beautiful.”

But Stamford isn’t the only community adding roundabouts around southwest Connecticut. This week, Fairfield also broke ground on a new roundabout at the intersection of Redding and Dunham Roads, and Norwalk is designing a roundabout to go in front of the new South Norwalk School.

Read why communities around southwest Connecticut are adding roundabouts to address concerns on their roads, or watch our video showcasing how roundabouts work. 

This Week at a Glance

This section aims to highlight the most important meetings and news taking place each week.

Plan Your Week

This section will include a list of meetings, events, and programming happening around southwest Connecticut each week.

Bridgeport

Stamford

Norwalk

Fairfield

Greenwich

Darien

Westport

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Please note: All of these agendas and information here are current as of Sunday night. Meeting times and agendas may get adjusted throughout the week.

Have a great week,

Kelly Prinz

Founder, Reporter at Coastal Connecticut Times