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Spring on the NRVT in Norwalk |
Blazing Trail: Norwalk
Progress continues on the "Missing Link", the section of trail that will connect Union Park to New Canaan Avenue, and so create 2.5 miles of continuous, traffic-free NRVT from the Maritime Aquarium to Broad Street. A contract for design and engineering of the section has been signed with Stantec Inc. Test boring and surveying are underway. Plans for the Missing Link will be presented for public review next spring. Construction will be funded by a ConnDOT grant and a match grant from the City of Norwalk.
The NRVT's route south to Calf Pasture Beach will use bike lanes and shared road. The first segment - the Stroffolino bridge and Rte 136 beside Veterans Park - will be re-striped with an NRVT/Harbor Loop Trail bike lane this fall. Further segments will be marked in 2016.
The NRVT plans to install informational and directional signs on our existing trail this coming spring, including a "maps and highlights" board at the Maritime Aquarium for the entire planned Norwalk-to-Danbury trail. Watch out for an invitation to help erect the signs once warm weather returns. It will be our "Signs of the Times" party!
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