Pathways committee considers sidewalk to Hotchkiss

LAKEVILLE — The Salisbury Pathways Committee heard an initial proposal for a sidewalk to connect Lakeville with The Hotchkiss School along Sharon Road (Route 41) at the committee’s regular meeting Monday, Feb. 24.

Michael Virzi, Director of Facilities at the school, brought the committee plans for a sidewalk that would create a sidewalk along the road from the school campus north to where the existing sidewalk ends by the intersection of Sharon Road and Wells Hill Road.

The sidewalk would be on the west (or lake) side of the busy state highway.

Currently Hotchkiss students walk into Lakeville on the road’s shoulder, which is irregular and often narrow.

Virzi emphasized that the plan he showed the committee is conceptual.

The next step for Hotchkiss is to provide a more detailed engineering review, which the school will pay for.

First Selectman Curtis Rand said the town will apply for a state grant. Rand also said he would get in touch with the property owners along the way to keep them informed.

Virzi said he will be appearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission soon to get feedback on the sidewalk idea.

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