Town Hopes You'll Take The Final Street Safety Survey, Guilford

GUILFORD, CT — Starting in February, the town asked folks to weigh in on street safety. To date, hundreds have taken the brief, online surveys. The third and final survey for the Guilford Complete Streets Project is underway and town officials hope residents will take the minute to fill it out.

The March survey had 628 responses, according to First Selectman Matt Hoey's office. When asked about mobility and road safety, 68 percent of residents said that there are "parts of Guilford they wish they could bike or walk to but feel unsafe doing so."

The surveys help the Safe Streets Task Force with its charge: the Complete Streets Project. The Board of Selectmen adopted a "Complete Streets Resolution" in March of 2020 and hired a consultant team led by Schmidt Design Group to help determine what kinds of improvements to our roads and trail system will improve our quality of life by adding safety features and connecting important destinations.

The surveys ask residents of Guilford who walk, use a wheelchair, drive, bicycle, bus, scoot, or ride on our roads and trails to tell us about their experience and what could be improved. All answers in the online survey are anonymous.

Click here to complete the final survey.

To learn more, the town and the Safe Streets Task Force invites residents to attend all three virtual evening sessions of the Complete Streets Workshop beginning on Tuesday, April 27 and hosted on Zoom. The evening workshop sessions will build on each other in an interactive fashion and will show that the Schmidt Design Group consultant team has incorporated the feedback provided into new roadway and streetscape design concepts.

The first day of the workshop begins with a 1.5-mile Walking Tour of Guilford that will begin at the intersection of Boston Street, Water Street, and Whitfield Street (adjacent to Page Hardware).
The walking tour - led by the Complete Streets consultant team - will provide an opportunity to visualize many of the issues that will be discussed at the three virtual public workshop gatherings that begin that evening of April 27 at 6 pm. The next two virtual public workshop gatherings will take place on the following evenings, April 28 and April 29, also at 6 pm. They will build on the observations and public comments collected from the previous evenings’ meetings, the walking tour, online interactive community mapping tool, comments submitted through the project website and monthly survey questions, and feedback from the first public meeting on February 25.

Zoom links to be provided at www.guilfordsafestreets.org/calendar.