Editorial: Of color, fun & bike rides

Cheers to Middlebury’s Department of Public Works for surprising the community with colorful crosswalks painted throughout the night, plus colorful concrete sidewalks on the downtown section of Washington Street. The work not only spruces up the downtown for the summer season but highlights the crosswalks for pedestrians.

Monkton on Tuesday will hold ameeting for the Monkton Ridge Bike/Ped Scoping Study to present potential future pedestrian/bicycle facilities along the loop around Cedar Lake.

The Town of Monkton is undertaking a Scoping Study for a Bike/Pedestrian Facility along the roadways that would make a loop around Cedar Lake.

Local planners and a hired consultant this week unfurled Middlebury’s first-ever “Bicycle and Pedestrian Connectivity Plan,” a document that suggests 28 specific spots in the community where such amenities could be improved.

New Haven is moving forward with an exploration of how to make Munger Street safer for cyclists and pedestrians after the town appeared to have reached a standstill in the ongoing scoping study.