<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=18r9Xg_1GqLKOex00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=18r9Xg_1GqLKOex00" width="1200" height="675" >Traffic in Middletown could be in for a major makeover as the city studies ways to improve safety along several busy corridors.The city is participating in the federally funded Safe Streets and Roads for All study, which is examining traffic and safety along Route 3, Route 66, Route 17, and Saybrook Road.“We’re trying to reduce serious injury, crashes, and fatalities,” Middletown Police Chief Eric Costa said. “And if we can do that through roadway design and make things more pleasant...that reduces crashes, I think that’s important.”NBC Connecticut analyzed 5 years of crash data from the Connecticut Crash Data Repository for the Route 3 and Route 66 corridors to better understand why officials are considering changes.One of the clearest trends in the data was the timing of crashes.The 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. hours each recorded 189 crashes, for a combined 378 crashes during those two hours alone.The area around High Street and Route 66 stood out in the data. That corridor recorded the most crashes in the study and was also the site of two of the three pedestrian deaths identified across the corridors.While crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists accounted for less than 2% of the crashes analyzed, roughly nine out of 10 resulted in an injury or death.Costa said the age and layout of roads in the Northeast can also create opportunities for improvements.“This, in the northeast region of the country, is the oldest part of the country, and its streets and cities are indicative of that,” Costa said. “I think that there’s opportunities where we can improve traffic flow by redesigning and developing our streets and intersections.”Among the concepts being considered are traffic-calming measures and potential roundabouts at Newfield Street and Mile Lane and Washington Street and Newfield Street.Costa said those changes could help slow traffic while maintaining movement through neighborhoods and major corridors.“Are we going to reduce every single crash? No,” Costa said. “But risk mitigation is a big part of it.”The final project safety plan is expected to be released by the end of the year.</div></body>

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Traffic in Middletown could be in for a major makeover as the city studies ways to improve safety along several busy corridors. The city is participating in the federally funded Safe Streets and Roads for All study, which is examining traffic and safety along Route 3, Route 66, Route 17, and Saybrook Road.

Middletown eyeing changes for Route 3, Route 66 corridors

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Traffic in Middletown could be in for a major makeover as the city studies ways to improve safety along several busy corridors. The city is participating i

Middletown eyeing changes for Route 3, Route 66 corridors

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