“No one stops at the stop sign on Long Lots Road, near the High Point Road hill.”
“People always disregard the ‘Do Not Enter’ sign on Wright Street.”
“Put a page on the town website, listing all construction work, road work, tree work, cable work, etc. Prevent bottlenecks before they happen!”
Those are 3 of the more than 1,850 suggestions, comments, complaints and ideas posted to an interactive map of Westport.
Screenshot of the interactive traffic safety map. Orange is a “thumbs-down” icon; gray is for “idea,” while the few blue icons are for “thumbs-up.” Seems like the only place in town without a traffic issue is Sherwood Island State Park.
Among the most popular subjects: sidewalks, crosswalks, stop signs, traffic lights, left-turn signals, speed humps, and roundabouts.
The brainchild of the town’s Traffic and Pedestrian Task Force, the map was developed by consultants Tighe & Bond. The project — part of Westport’s Safe Streets & Roads for All Safety Action Plan — went live in February.
Comments are now closed.
The task force has been processing the public input, examining motor vehicle and pedestrian accident data, and pinpointing overlaps between those records and areas of concern.
Results will be presented at the next public information meeting, this fall.
Meanwhile, you can look at the map — with its 1,850-plus comments — yourself. Click here, click “View the Map,” click on an icon, zoom in, and realize you’re not the only one with an issue.
Or a genius idea.
(“06880” can’t solve Westport’s traffic woes. But we sure can report on them. And we do — often — along with every other aspect of town life. But we need reader support! Please click here — and thank you!)