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Committee accepts Yale's proposed Farmington Canal Greenway lighting improvements, with conditions

New Haven Board of Alders — City Services & Environmental Policy Committee · May 8, 2026
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Summary

The committee voted to accept lighting and associated improvements Yale University plans to install on the Farmington Canal Greenway; city engineer said Yale will construct to city standards, the city will pay electrical utility costs, and public commenters urged completing unfinished city sections first.

The City Services & Environmental Policy Committee voted Thursday to accept Yale University's offer to install lighting and associated improvements along portions of the Farmington Canal Greenway that run on city-owned land.

City Engineer Giovanni Zinn described the project as Yale-funded construction of city-standard LED fixtures, poles and conduit along the…

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