Board of Finance Approves Additional $396K for Still River Greenway

Editor’s note: This article was published earlier this week. Here it is again, in case you missed it.

By WENDY ANN MITCHELL (Patch Staff)

The Brookfield Board of Finance approved an additional appropriation of $396,000 for the Still River Greenway project.

This project was approved by voters at the June 24, 2014 referendum. The Board of Finance authorized $79,200 from the General Fund Balance to finance the appropriation.

The Still River Greenway will be a greenway that runs along the Still River corridor from Danbury to Brookfield. The southern loop of the project is partially completed. It was funded by a grant from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. Phase II of the project will extend the trail north with a 2.2 mile hiking trail in Danbury to be been constructed along the river.

According to the Still River Alliance, the Still River Greenway Project took five years of planning, design, permitting, and fundraising. The Natural Resource Conservation Service funded the construction of a boat ramp behind the Marriott Hotel on Eagle Road in 2004. The walkway from the parking lot of the hotel to a ramp location allows visitors to launch canoes and kayaks.

A Recreational Trails Grant from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection provided a handicap accessible walkway in the trail head area.

For more information visit STILL RIVER ALLIANCE .

Photo: Still River Alliance