Mayor Liffland, Village Board decide on plans for new sidewalk on East Main Street
Liffland calls this first step in connecting South Street and Dutcher Avenue with sidewalk system of the pedestrian-friendly Village of Pawling
The flagpole was dedicated to the Town of Pawling by the Bicentennial Committee in 1976, see detail photos in the column below
By John M. Benson
July 29, 2007
Mayor Rob Liffland and the Village Board have decided on the final design for the planned extension of the sidewalk on East Main Street.
The project is being funded by the $150,000 in the Community Development Block Grant that was obtained by the efforts of Liffland, the Village Board, and Village Clerk Jennifer Osborn.
The plans drawn by Stantech Consluting Services, Inc., show the sidewalk extending past the Dutcher Golf Course, across the triangle where the flagpole stands, and to the top of South Street.
The cut-off road that now leads on a diagonal from East Main Street to South Street will be dug up and removed, extending the lawn around the flagpole to the grass on the south side of that road.
Liffland and Trustees Tracy Durkin, Allen Rundall, Robert Murphy and Wayne Osborn said the cut-off roadway should be removed because it presently creates an unsafe traffic situation at the yield sign at South Street.
The new layout will accentuate the flagpole and dedication stone on the green, and the Welcome to Pawling sign with the symbols of the churches and service clubs of Pawling.
Liffland said that because this sidewalk project will extend to the top of South Street, it serves as a beginning on the eventual sidewalk project that will extend the length of South Street and back across Dutcher Avenue to connect those streets with the sidewalks throughout the rest of the village.
Liffland said further that this work is a continuation of the mission to make the village pedestrian friendly, as envisioned in the Pathway Project and the Village Comprehensive Plan.
Since the year 2000, the Village of Pawling has constructed sidewalks along East Main Street, up Coulter Avenue to Route 22, up Pine Drive from Route 22 to Kings Apartments, up Charles Cooman Boulevard from the village center to Lakeside Park, and up West Main Street connecting the village center with Murrow Park.
East Main Street Triangle: The new sidewalk and enlarged lawn may help to accentuate the features of the flag pole, dedication stone, bench, and Welcome To Pawling sign with the symbols of the churches and service clubs in the Pawling community. The stone at the foot of the flagpole is shown enlarged above, the dedication of the flagpole on July 4, 1976 to the Town of Pawling from the Bicentennial Committee. (Photos by John M. Benson) |
