Keeping safety at top-of-mind
Hebron Avenue’s design used roundabout principles to reduce vehicle speeds and protect pedestrians and bicyclists.
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Creating a vibrant, complete corridor with modern transportation design
Roundabouts are powerful transportation design features that enhance safety, calm traffic and contribute fewer vehicle gas emissions. Glastonbury's Hebron Avenue implemented a roundabout to strengthen mobility and enhance community for Connecticut residents.
Obtaining community buy-in
Teams presented stakeholders with visualizations, sketches and technical memorandums outlining key project benefits.
Maintaining traffic flow during construction
Traffic plans called for staged construction to limit detours and impacts to businesses, town events and festivals.
Standout design components
Brick islands, landscape lighting and locally soured decorative stone walls created a cohesive, walkable town center.
Thanks to an integrated Complete Corridors approach that allowed the town to plan for improved access, safety, economic vitality and community inclusion, Glastonbury is enjoying a safer and more sustainable Hebron Avenue.
“Both motorist and pedestrian travel have been markedly improved in the Hebron Avenue corridor, and the town is very much pleased with the resulting level of service,” says Daniel Pennington, Glastonbury’s town engineer and manager of physical services.