Main Street Reconstruction

The Town of Branford selected Weston & Sampson to design the reconstruction of 2,000 feet of Main Street, an urban collector downtown roadway that is a main corridor with commercial activity.

We designed improvements to provide for better traffic flow, safer pedestrian zones (i.e., sidewalks and crosswalks), improved drainage, low impact development (LID), and an aesthetically enhanced streetscape. The scope later expanded into a full-scale downtown revitalization project, and our team provided wholesale improvements that included placemaking, ADA accessibility enhancements, green infrastructure, street tree plantings, rain gardens, pedestrian lighting and furnishings, paver sidewalks, and granite curbing to fit within the context of a lively mixed-use environment. We also developed a public engagement plan that included public and stakeholder meetings, virtual engagement, a virtual survey, social media, and website postings.