Inside Newfield Library
The Connecticut Avenue & Stratford Avenue corridors serve local traffic as well as traffic passing through adjacent towns and communities. Building upon the plans for Bridgeport’s waterfront, recreational centers, employment centers, and new housing and development projects will likely spark opportunities for economic vitality and increase travel demand in the East End. Therefore, the need to address traffic flow, pedestrian and bicycle safety, transit options, parking, and development opportunities will become vital to ensuring that the multi-modal transportation needs of the community are being met.
“The East End is on the move of building back up, so we’re gonna need the traffic flow to come through,” said Keith Williams, head of the East End Revitalization Zone community organization. “It’s one of the priorities that needs to happen.”here
