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Residents press planning commission for clearer CIP priorities on West Haven, bike network and parks
Summary
At a public hearing on the FY27 CIP, residents urged clearer allocations for West Haven redevelopment and immediate park repairs, stronger and better‑connected bike infrastructure, and simpler public displays of how CIP dollars will be spent across overlapping projects.
Residents and advocates at Tuesday’s Planning Commission public hearing pressed commissioners and staff for clearer, more accessible information about where capital dollars will go and for faster action on neighborhood needs.
Multiple speakers asked for simpler public documentation — an asterisked breakdown or subcategory list showing which projects that are not labeled as “bike infrastructure” nonetheless will provide bike lanes, striping or other protections. “If you build a bridge that is connected to nothing and then no one uses it, it’s not that bridge’s fault. It’s just it’s not connected,” said Weiwei An, urging the commission to plan for a connected bike network rather than isolated projects.
West Haven residents said existing commitments to redevelopment and maintenance were unclear and appealed for…
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