A public hearing on the proposed Meadow Road Sidewalk Project will be held Tuesday, April 28, at 7:05 p.m. in the Town Hall Annex Council Chambers, 1 Monteith Drive. The Town's notice cites Chapter 169 — "Streets and Sidewalks" — as the authority. Two maps, a detailed map and a simplified one, accompany the notice on the Town's website.
The notice does not name a specific board, committee, or commission as the host body, and it does not itemize what the proposal will look like — the route, cost, design alternatives, or construction timeline. Those specifics will be on the table Tuesday night.
What the project is
The Meadow Road Sidewalk Project is a proposed sidewalk along Meadow Road. It is funded, per Mercury reporting, through the state's STEAP grant program. The Mercury first noted the project in March, when a Meadow Road resident raised it during a Bicycle Advisory Committee public-comment period.
What to know if you're going
- Where: Town Hall Annex Council Chambers, 1 Monteith Drive
- When: Tuesday, April 28, 7:05 p.m.
- Format: In person. The Town's notice does not list a virtual or hybrid attendance option.
- What to bring: Public comment at Farmington hearings is typically taken at the podium, with names and addresses for the record. The notice does not specify a written-comment process; the first thing to ask at the door is whether written comments are being accepted and where to file them.
What's next
That depends on what the Town puts on the table Tuesday night. The Mercury will be there for the recap.
Update, April 30: The Council declined to vote on the project as proposed and asked Town Engineer Russ Arnold to redesign the alignment as a south-side / north-side split crossing at Wakefield Lane. The vote is now expected at the June Town Council meeting. — Read the recap.
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— Jack Beckett has covered Farmington's sidewalk discussions long enough to know that a public hearing is rarely the end of one. He is on his second coffee. He will be reading the maps. ☕
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