What Would You Build in Southington?

Southington, CT - Earlier this week, Southington Patch asked our Facebook readers what they would build or fix in town if they were given $1 million.

Readers from across the area responded with answers varying from new playgrounds, renovated high schools and improved hospitals.

Also early this week, U.S. News and World Report released its list of the Top 10 Children’s Hospitals Across the Country. The hospitals were ranked in terms of “clinical outcomes,” “efficient coordination of care,” and “care-related resources.”

The publication periodically releases lists regarding the best schools in the country as well as most livable cities. Many of the things that make a town or city ‘livable’ are resources and public spaces i.e. good schools, roads, parks, libraries, etc. Not surprisingly, these were many of the things readers said they would build or fix in their town if granted $1 million to do so.

Here’s what your neighbors said they would build in Southington:

• "I would put a traffic light at the intersection of Churchill St and West St. People drive on West St. like it is a super highway and the traffic is only going to get worse with all the new development in that area. Sometimes takes 10 minutes for me to take a left out of my own street and with the Lake Compounce traffic in the summer, it is a nightmare."
• "Queen St."
• "Approximately 100 children in Southington each year do not have any preschool experience prior to attending kindergarten. I would pay for that experience to allow them to enter school well prepared."

What would you build or renovate in Southington if you had $1 million? Let us know on our Facebook page. Image via Shutterstock.