Citizen Portal
Sign In

Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!

Get email alerts on the Local Infrastructure topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Rails-to-trails phase two approved; construction scheduled to start in late July

Greenwich Village Council · May 19, 2026
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

Invited guest Tom Dupee told the council that phase two of the Greenwich rails-to-trails project is approved and that contractor Mark Haines will begin construction in late July with expected completion by October; parking will be asphalt and the walking path finely crushed stone.

At the May 19 meeting of the Greenwich Village Council, invited guest Tom Dupee provided an update on phase two of the community’s rails-to-trails project.

Dupee said phase two has been approved and that contractor Mark Haines Construction will begin work in late July with an anticipated finish in October, working from east to west. He described planned surfacing: parking areas will be paved with asphalt and the walking path will use finely crushed stone. Dupee noted the trail is open all the way to New London but is not yet finished.

The council did not take a formal vote related to funding or construction authorization during the portion of the meeting recorded in the transcript; Dupee’s remarks were delivered during the invited-guest/comments portion of the agenda. The transcript identifies Dupee as the speaker for the update and mentions Mark Haines as the contractor expected to perform the work.