WCA is hosting our first community event of the year, a party at Denicola Park on May 17th! Join us for pizza by Burning Peel Pizza Truck, games and activities by the Eli Whitney Museum, live children’s music, and more. Bring a picnic blanket or some chairs and head to the park from 3-6pm on 5/17!
Denicola Park May 17th from 3-6pm
With thanks to our sponsors: FRAMED and the WHITNEYVILLE FOOD CENTER.
Mather Street: Speed tables have been installed and neighbors report they’ve been a success. Rest of speed bumps will be installed this year.
Leeder Hill/Whitney Center: A new design has been proposed with two or three speed tables and a better cross walk, possibly using a bump out near the Whitney Center. The design can be viewed on the engineering web site engineering@hamden.com. This may be done by public works this year.
Canal Trail: Cross walks are going to be installed on streets where walkers on the canal trail have to cross adjacent streets. This is a joint project with New Haven.
Davis St: Install sidewalks estimated to happen in spring 2026.
Whitney Ave Road Diet and Rte 15 exchange: Updated timeline is later than we hoped – design in 2027 with installation in 2028. We had been told last June that it would be 2025/2026 so this was disappointing. CTDOT is making changes on the Rte 15 interchange off Whitney and is tying the two projects together which we think is the reason for the delay. We have asked the town to request of CTDOT that the work on Whitney happen earlier than the Rte 15 exchange.
The next Whitneyville Civic Association Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 20th. Bring your talents and ideas as we follow up on our November “visioning” meeting to plan an upcoming block party in our commercial area! We hope it will be a fun opportunity for neighbors to meet each other and for us to boost the economic vitality of our local businesses.
We will also hear some updates from the traffic committee on current and upcoming projects.
Thursday March 20 at 7pm Board of Education building (60 Putnam Ave.) enter through the side entrance
Join us at the November Whitneyville Civic Association meeting where we will engage in a community conversation about our aspirations for Whitneyville. These conversations will inform the future work of the WCA.
Thursday November 21 at 7pm Board of Education building (60 Putnam Ave.) side entrance
Light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there!
Please join us for a special meeting on October 17that 7pm
WCA is holding a special community meeting with a representative of the Police Department to discuss concerns over the recent shooting in Whitneyville in front of the Cultural Commons.
See you at the Hamden Board of Education building (60 Putnam Ave., side entrance)!
Whitneyville residents really turned out for launch of petition drive and updates on infrastructure projects!
WCA is kicking off a community-wide petition to urge CTDOT to accelerate its timeline for traffic calming and infrastructure improvement on Whitney Ave (State Route 707). Please take a read of the below documents – if you agree with the intent, please sign the petition (electronic preferred)and share with your neighbors and friends!
Our goal is to collect as many signatures as possible in the next couple weeks, then engage with CTDOT and elected leaders to schedule a meeting together in May to bring more attention to the issues on Whitney Ave and develop concrete next steps for CTDOT’s traffic calming plans.
Join us 7pm this Thursday, March 21st, at the Board of Education building!
We will be joined by our town engineer, Stephen White. Agenda items will focus on local infrastructure improvements and traffic calming initiatives – including the new sidewalks planned on Davis St and other traffic calming/infrastructure projects planned for Whitneyville!
We will also be presenting the kickoff of a grassroots petition to urge CTDOT to accelerate its timeline for traffic calming and infrastructure improvement on Whitney Ave (State Route 707).
Check out the heat map below for a little teaser for the kickoff
We will not be hosting a Zoom option for this meeting – we look forward to seeing you in person!
Date: 7pm, Thursday, March 21st
Location: 60 Putnam Ave, Hamden, CT 06517 (Board of Education side entrance)