The Essex County Public Health Department in partnership with the Town of Elizabethtown is seeking to identify existing assets, opportunities, and possible constraints for pedestrian and bicycle road and multi-use paths/trails within the town. An Active Living Strategy will be drafted to guide planning, development, and operations of existing and future pedestrian, bicycle and multi-use and multi-modal transportation infrastructure in Elizabethtown. It may be adopted as a supplement and/or used as a part of the Elizabethtown Comprehensive Plan.
Public Meeting
A draft Active Living Strategy for Elizabethtown will be presented and discussed on Monday, November 7 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in the Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School Board Room. The committee formed to oversee this project will be sharing what it has learned about walking, biking, hiking and outdoor recreational opportunities in Elizabethtown, and will be seeking public input on the initial recommendations for enhancing those opportunities. There has been a lot of activity over the summer on various projects at the town's parks and trails and committee members will provide an update on what has been happening at Blueberry Hill, Footbridge Park and more.
The draft Active Living Strategy includes a detailed inventory of downtown sidewalks and crosswalks, as well as updated information on the miles of trails on public property in Elizabethtown. It also includes recommendations for improving or extending sidewalks, using town land for recreation, installing signs to increase awareness of outdoor recreation opportunities, and providing designated parking areas to increase recreational access to town land. The draft strategy can be downloaded from the links to left.
Draft Recommendations