Infrastructure Improvements around the South Norwalk Train Station. Public Meeting Presentation September 19, 2023

1. Improvements around the South
Norwalk Train Station
Infrastructure
September 19, 2023 | Public Kick-off Meeting

2. Project Introduction
 Builds off the South Norwalk Station Area
Study (completed in 2022)
 Department of Economic and Community
Development (DECD): Connecticut
Communities Challenge Grant
 Focus on equity
 Streetscape and Connectivity Enhancements
 Connect residents to employment centers,
business development opportunities,
neighborhood uses, and affordable housing.
 Sustainability

3. Community Priorities

4. Design Goals
 Equitable Complete Streets
 Accessible sidewalks that include street trees,
street furniture, and enhanced lighting
 Enhanced intersections
 Optimized access and operational improvements
 Effective curbside management at South
Norwalk Station
 Reduced impervious surfaces
 Green infrastructure

6. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive
Lowe Street to Washington Street
 Enhance streetscape inclusive of road diet
 Reduce number of travel lanes
 Reduce travel lane widths
 Increase sidewalk widths
 Accommodate bicycles
 Expand/enhance center medians
 Maintain tree canopy
 Modify and/or replace signal equipment
 Reduce impervious area

7. Chestnut Street Corridor
Monroe Street to Concord Street
 Focus on safety and mobility
 Extend streetscape design palette
 Maximize on-street parking
 Review contraflow traffic operations
 Assess and retain existing street trees
 Enhance pedestrian crossings
 Incorporate undergrounding of utilities
 Coordinate with developers

8. Henry Street Corridor
Henry Street, Mulvoy Street, Franklin Street,
and Bates Court
 Focus on safety and mobility
 Extend streetscape design palette
 Maintain on-street parking
 Assess and retain existing street trees
 Enhance pedestrian crossings
 Frame on-street parking with bump-outs
 Improve railroad underpass (Whistleville)
 Incorporate undergrounding of utilities
 Coordinate with developers

9. Station Place
 Improve access for all modes
 Manage Station curb side activities
 Enhance landscape, hardscape, streetscape,
and open space features
 Maintain balance of parking
 Incorporate undergrounding of utilities
 Coordinate and integrate with
adjacent developers

10. Landscape and Hardscape
 Consistent streetscape palette
– Pavers
– Lighting
– Tree Wells
– Site furnishings
– Streetscape planting design
 Sidewalk replacements
 Sustainable design
strategies/green infrastructure
 Preserving Existing Tree
Canopy
– Coordinate with City Tree
Warden
– Contract arborist specifications
Existing Tree Canopy - Henry Street

11. Whistleville – Placemaking
 Create a "Sense of Place“
 Focus on safety and mobility
 Welcome users with a Transit
Gateway
 Enhanced/decorative pedestrian
crossings
 Incorporate creative bump outs
 Improve lighting
 Community involvement

12. Process and Schedule
 Project Kick-off
with NRDA
 Concept Plan
 Illustrations and
Graphics
 Concept
Development Public
Meeting
 Project Control
and Datum
 Right-of-Way
Survey
 Topographic
Survey
 Existing Utility
Survey
 Field Reconnaissance
 Drainage Analysis
 Preliminary Design Plans
 Utility Coordination
 Cost Estimate
 Preliminary Design Report
 Preliminary Design Public Meeting
 Semi-Final
Design Plans
 Specifications/
Special
Provisions
 Semi-Final
Design Report
 Drainage Report
 Utility Test Pits
 Cost Estimate
 Final Plans for
Review
 Specifications/
Special Provisions
 90% Design
Report
 Established
Underground
Utility Corridors
 Cost Estimate
 Bid Documents
 Final Design Report
 Final Cost Estimate
 Community Engagement
 Coordination with Developers
Concept Development Survey
Semi-Final
Design (70%)
Final Plans for
Review (90%)
Final Design
(100%)
Preliminary Design (35%)
Ongoing
Public Meeting Public Meeting

13. Improvements around the South
Norwalk Train Station
Infrastructure
September 19, 2023 | Public Kick-off Meeting