The What: Street Safety in Connecticut, Stamford 2035, and more

Monday, Sept. 30

Happy Monday! We’re highlighting our Getting Around series as communities continue to look at improving their roads and streets. 

Highlights 

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

• Our Getting Around series explores some of the challenges on southwest Connecticut roads; how some communities are looking to reimagine their streets to make them safer for all users; and what some ongoing projects are. 
• Stamford is kicking off its 10-year planning process—Stamford 2035—which is a “once-in a decade opportunity to take stock of the state of the city and ask fundamental questions about its future.”
• Both Stamford and Norwalk are hosting meetings about school construction projects in their communities this week. Check out our reporting on school construction across the region. 

Spotlight

This section will feature our main reporting each week.

With more conversations continuing across southwest Connecticut, we thought it would be a good time to feature our Getting Around series. For years walkability and pedestrian safety have been buzzwords across the region, but at that same time pedestrian and traffic-related deaths have soared across the county and Connecticut as a whole. 

As our local communities are reimagining their streets and redesigning some of the most troublesome intersections in the region, we decided to dive into pedestrian and roadway safety issues and highlight some of the solutions local officials are working on.

Part 1: Unsafe Roads in Southwest Connecticut 

Part 2: Reimagining the Streets of Southwest Connecticut

Part 3: Reinvesting in the Streets

This Week at a Glance

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

• In Bridgeport, the Planning and Zoning Commission will meet on Monday, September 30 at 6:15 p.m. to review a petition of Park City Initiative, Inc to amend the city’s regulations around the “location, size, and scope of aerobic food scrap composting.”
• In Stamford, the Education Committee of the Board of Representatives will meet on Monday, September 30 at 7 p.m. to review ways the district is working to comply with the state’s Multilingual Learner Bill of Rights. 
• In Norwalk, the Land Use & Building Management Committee of the Common Council will meet on Wednesday, October 2 at 7 p.m. and vote on final plans, specifications and cost estimates for the South Norwalk School. Check out the work taking place at the school. 
• In Greenwich, the Planning and Zoning Commision will meet on Tuesday, October 1 at 4 p.m. and review a request from Neighbor-to-Neighbor, Inc. to extend its operating hours.
• In Darien, the Planning and Zoning Commission will meet on Tuesday, October 1 at 7 p.m. amd review an application from TC NE Metro Development, Inc., to raze five existing office buildings on the subject property and construct a new residential community consisting of five (5) multi-family buildings with a total of 175 apartments as well as garages, amenity areas, driveways, parking, drainage, utilities, landscaping; at 1, 16, 22 Thorndal Circle. 

Plan Your Week

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

Bridgeport

• Monday, September 30: Planning and Zoning Commission at 6:15 p.m. 

Stamford

• Monday, September 30: Education Committee at 7 p.m. | Mayor’s Multicultural Council at 6 p.m. | Zoning Board at 6:30 p.m. 
• Tuesday, October 1: Legislative & Rules Committee at 7 p.m. | Planning Board Capital Budget Workshop at 9:30 a.m. | Police Commission at 5 p.m. | Board of Education Workshop at 6:30 p.m. 

Norwalk

• Tuesday, October 1: Arts and Culture Commission at 6 p.m. | Public Works Committee of the Common Council at 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 2: Land Use & Building Management Committee of the Common Council at 7 p.m. | Fair Rent Commission at 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, October 3: Reapportionment Advisory Committee at 6 p.m. | Economic and Community Development Committee of the Common Council at 7 p.m. | Shellfish Commission at 7:15 p.m.

Fairfield

• Monday, September 30: Board of Education Policy Committee at 5 p.m. | Special Projects Standing Building Committee at 5:15 p.m.
• Tuesday, October 1: Land Acquisition Commission at 6 p.m. | Inland Wetlands Agency at 6:30 p.m. | Board of Finance at 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, October 3: Economic Development Commission at 8:30 a.m.
• Friday, October 4: Sustainable Fairfield Food and Waste Subcommittee at 8 a.m. 

Greenwich

• Monday, September 30: Fair Rent Commission at 7 p.m. | Board of Health at 6:30 p.m. 
• Tuesday, October 1: Planning and Zoning Commision at 4 p.m. 
• Thursday, October 3: Conservation Commission at 7 p.m.

Darien

• Monday, September 30: Great Island Advisory Committee at 7 p.m. 
• Tuesday, October 1: Sewer Commission at 4:30 p.m. | Planning and Zoning Commission at 7 p.m. 
• Thursday, October 3: Police Commission at 1 p.m. 

Westport

• Monday, September 30: Board of Education Policy Committee at 1 p.m. | Aspetuck Health District at 7 p.m.
• Tuesday, October 1: Arts Advisory Committee at 12 p.m. 

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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