Specifications include, but are not limited to: Ferrisburgh completed a Safe Routes to School Travel Plan in 2012. The town would like to take the next steps in scoping and preparing budgets for sidewalks and crosswalks identified in that plan that improve pedestrian connectivity along U.S. Route 7 near the intersection of Little Chicago Road and Middlebrook Road. The intersection of Little Chicago Road and Middlebrook Road with U.S. Route 7 lies at the center of the Town of Ferrisburgh. Numerous public attractions are located within close proximity to the intersection including the elementary school, post office, a delicatessen, the town green, the Union Meeting Hall, Town Offices, a Community Center, and a church. There are future plans for a Farmers’ Market, senior center, and day care facility in the area as well. Route 7 carries a very high volume of traffic: a 2017 intersection assessment counted more than 11,000 vehicles moving north south through the intersection. The 2012 Safe Routes to School Travel Plan identified a suite of potential projects in the area, including some new sidewalks. Ferrisburgh would like to develop an engineering plan and budget for pedestrian walkways serving the Town Center, an east/west crosswalk on U.S. 7, and a north/south crosswalk on Middlebrook Rd. connecting the town green with a currently vacant commercial lot.
