Connecticut Department of Transportation
Coverage (3 articles)
What Farmington Police Told Parents About E-Bikes
Farmington police spent the summer on bicycles on the trails and in Unionville Center. Most riders they stopped were kids on machines that weren't legal e-bikes, and most stops ended with a warning and a call home.
Unionville E-Bike Stops: Rules Stricter Than Parents Think
Farmington police are stopping juveniles on e-bikes in Unionville, and the town told the council new state rules arrive October 1. The rules behind the stops arrived a year ago, and they are stricter than the ones for an ordinary bicycle. The one decision the state left to towns, whether to restrict e-bikes on local trails, Farmington has not made.
State Plans Two-Week Route 10 Closure in Farmington
The state expects to close Route 10 through Farmington for about two weeks next summer to replace a culvert built in 1924. The town cannot yet say which weeks, whether people on foot can get through, or where drivers should go instead. Farmington gets a free sidewalk out of it, and two property owners inherit the shoveling.