BACKUS AVENUE IN DANBURY
The current 4 lane cross section extends from the I-84 overpass westerly past the Danbury Fair Mall to the intersection with Kenosia Avenue. Proceeding westerly beyond this point, the goal is to improve roadway geometry while maintaining a 2 lane cross section to Miry Brook Road, then improve the intersection with Miry Brook Road. Backus Avenue receives a minor arterial designation from Conn DOT.

BEAVER BROOK ROAD AND SAND PIT
ROAD-STARR ROAD INTERSECTION IN DANBURY
Formulate design options for safety and capacity improvements.

EAGLE ROAD IN DANBURY
The Danbury Plan of Development of 1980, and all HVCEO Regional Transportation Plans since that time, have called for the eventual continuation of this roadway as an Eagle Road Spur Extension across the Still River, northward into the Berkshire Corporate Park, to then connect via the Berkshire Corporate Park Bridge carrying Riverview Road westerly over the railroad tracks to White Turkey Road Extension.

EAST HAYESTOWN ROAD-TAMARACK
ROAD CORRIDOR IN DANBURY
Make selective improvement to roadway geometrics and capacities on the combination of Tamarack Road and East Hayestown Road. These local roads are designated by Conn DOT as collector routes.

KENOSIA AVENUE IN DANBURY
Kenosia Avenue receives a collector designation from Conn DOT. The first priority is to improve capacity at the northern terminus of Kenosia, at its intersection with Mill Plain Road, as part of Conn DOT Project #34-0288.

Then, starting at Mill Plain Road and proceeding south, make appropriate geometric improvements while maintaining a two lane cross section to approximately Lake Kenosia. This will involve standardization of alignment and cross section and include the development of uniform shoulders.

At some point south of Lake Kenosia, the precise point to be determined, the need is for widening from 2 to 4 lanes to just north of the intersection of Backus Avenue, where a four lane cross section is already in place.

PAHQUIOQUE AVENUE IN DANBURY
This roadway provides an easterly approach to Downtown south of and parallel to White Street. Consider appropriate roadway upgrading for safety and capacity improvement.

SIGNAL COORDINATION IN DANBURY
In cooperation with the HVCEO’s 2001 Regional Traffic Signal Coordination Study, add the following signals to the 49 coordinated signals from the Phase I Central Danbury Signal Coordination project: 6 signals on Route 6, 5 signals on Route 805-Federal Road, 4 signals on Backus Avenue, 4 signals on Route 37-North Street, 1 signal on Beaver Brook Road, 1 signal on Hayestown Road, and 1 signal on Old Ridgebury Road.

Then proceed with other signal coordination improvements as may be recommended by the 2001 Regional Traffic Signal Coordination Study.

WHITE STREET IN DANBURY
The important traffic function of White Street is recognized by Conn DOT, which has designated it as a principal arterial from Main Street easterly to Federal Road. It carried both Route 6 and Route 7 traffic before I-84 opened in the early sixties and remains a vital artery.

For White Street, seek to provide a three lane cross section where feasible, to facilitate existing and potential additional turning lanes, from Route 53 (Main Street) easterly to Route 806 (Newtown Road).

Prepare and implement a streetscape improvement plan for part of White Street. This will be an extension of the current streetscape design on adjacent Main Street, from Main Street about nine tenths of a mile easterly past the Western Connecticut State University Campus, to the vicinity of Locust Street.


TEA-21 ENHANCEMENT
PROJECTS IN DANBURY:
Periodically Conn DOT issues a solicitation for competitive grant proposals for a category of Federal Highway Administration funding known as "Enhancement." Allowable activities here include improvement of sidewalks, plantings, pedestrian amenities and other downtown type beautification, also historic bridge and rail station upgrades.

Danbury has had considerable past success with the Enhancement Grant Program. In 1993 the City was awarded $1,520,000 in federal dollars for redevelopment of the Union Railroad Station as part of the Danbury Railroad Heritage Park.

Then after a regional competition in 1999, Danbury was awarded $1,073,000 in federal transportation funding for a second enhancement project. This was the improvement of the pedestrian environment along Route 53, North Main Street, from the intersection with Kennedy Avenue and Crosby Street, the northern limit of a previous non-federal Downtown enhancement project, northerly to the intersection with Downs Street and North Street (Route 37).

Areas that may be eligible for future such Enhancement grants include:

ROUTE 53-SOUTH MAIN STREET IN DANBURY
The North Main Street project above could be followed by a similar extension of current streetscape from the intersection of Route 53 with Triangle Street and Coal Pit Hill Road north to the boundary of completed streetscape at the edge of the Downtown.

WEST STREET IN DANBURY
Additional streetscape can be continued from Main Street westerly to the vicinity of Division Street.

WHITE STREET IN DANBURY
Extension of current streetscape from Main Street about nine tenths of a mile easterly past the Western Connecticut State University Campus to the vicinity of Locust Street.