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The corridor, which stretches from South Norwalk to Wall Street, is slated to receive a major facelift over the next couple of years to incorporate new lighting, plants and other streetscape flourishes to improve one of the more heavily trafficked roads in the city.
Officials with the Redevelopment Agency have long championed the project, and have held various workshops and presentations to gather input, most recently April 10 at Stepping Stones Museum.
The agency’s contracted landscape architectural firm, Milone & MacBroom, is scheduled to make the presentation to the council at 7:30 p.m., prior to the legislature’s regular 8 p.m. meeting. Tuesday’s presentation and meeting will be held in the third floor Common Council Chambers in City Hall, 125 East Ave.
In addition to new lighting and plants, the corridor will also receive bricked crosswalks and new art along parts of the route. The project’s costs have not yet been finalized, but it is expected to run in the millions of dollars, for which the agency will apply for state and federal grants to offset expenses.
The project divides the road into five zones, North Main Street to Garner Street, the Reed Putnam Development Area, the I-95 Overpass to Connecticut Avenue, the former YMCA to South of Wall Street and the Wall Street Intersection.
According to Jason Williams, a landscape architect with Milone & MacBroom, each zone would receive improvements, such as dual overhead and pedestrian-level lighting and similar, low-maintenance plantings.
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