Survey No. 2 Now Active For West Hartford North Main Corridor

WEST HARTFORD, CT — It's time for Part 2 of the North Main Street Road Diet Study in West Hartford — and that means another public survey.

The North Main Street Road Diet Trial has been ongoing since mid-August. Town officials said the latest public survey is intended to solicit comments on "all aspects of the trial." The trial is expected to continue through the end of the winter season, officials said.

The purpose of the trial is to evaluate the road diet concept with extensive data collection and determine if it is a success or failure. These data will be analyzed with several factors to develop the assessment.

Thank you in advance for participating in this survey, as it will identify community opportunities and concerns related to the North Main Street Road Diet study.

The survey can be accessed on the project webpage at www.westhartfordct.gov/roaddiet or by clicking on the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/c44kAhGkw6.

Comments can be provided by contacting the project consultant VHB at 860-807-4405 or emailing the project team at roaddiet@westhartfordct.gov.

The road diet trial is designed to collect data over a six-month period.

The trial has included the removal of existing pavement markings in exchange for new markings to reduce the existing four lanes (two lanes in each direction) to three lanes (one lane in each direction with a center two-way left turn lane) and shoulders, town officials said.

New traffic signs have been installed and the traffic signals at the North Main Street intersections with Fern Street and Asylum Avenue were modified to include northbound left turn arrows, officials said.

Town officials, in conjunction with the project design consultant VHB, have been "closely monitoring traffic" and collecting data along the corridor. Traffic data is also being collected on adjacent roads to determine if traffic is diverting away from North Main Street as a result of the road diet, officials said.