$180,000 in federal grant money will be a big step towards building the Norwalk River Valley Trail, a bike trail from Norwalk to Danbury. The approval of the grant was announced at an uplifting press conference this morning in Union Park.
Currently there is a stretch of trail from the aquarium up to Lockwood Mathews, another stretch from the YMCA up to Union Park and a third stretch from New Canaan Ave up to Broad St.
With this grant money, hopefully we will soon be able to stitch these segments together into a contiguous, connected bikeway. Biking for fun, biking to school and biking to work may get the red carpet treatment it deserves.
All of us on the NRVT steering committee are especially pleased that this project has such enthusiastic support from all five communities along the trail. And it's a great fit with the Livable Norwalk initiatives. I'm really looking forward to hearing all the great ideas that will come out of the sessions we'll be holding to ask for input from the public.
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