Input Sought On Major Avon Road Project

AVON, CT — The community is being asked to show up to a special forum Wednesday night on the second phase of a massive plan to make a busy Avon roadway safer.

The Town of Avon is hosting the forum on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at 7 p.m. at the Avon Free Public Library, 281 Country Club Road.

There, the public will able to learn and give input on Phase II of the Old Farms Road project.

"The town wants to hear your feedback on a preliminary conceptual design," wrote town officials in an announcement. "Your input will have an impact on future iterations of the project design."

Voters on Dec. 14, 2022 approved a $5.5 million appropriation for the first phase of the Old Farms Road reconfiguration project, which would widen and shift portions of the heavily traveled roadway and, presumably, improve safety and cut down on accidents.

Work on that phase has already begun and it is hoped this phase will be done by December 2025.

Meanwhile, Phase II — also dubbed the "East/West Section" — is in the planning stages and would require an additional, voter-approved appropriation.

The second phase of this project involves additional Old Farms Road re-alignments and the replacing of two bridges to widen lanes and improve safety.

No price tag has been finalized for Phase II.

Anyone with questions on the program is asked to contact the Town of Avon Engineering Department at 860-409-4322.

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