trail cleanup

On numerous occasions, I have seen people coming in and out of the woods in this area. The impression I've gotten is that they either live in there, or engage in illegal activity. I once road my bike about 20 feet into the woods (if heading northbound, there is small grass trail on the right as you start to go up the hill
), and I saw, I kid you not, a man wearing a trenchcoat, watching the canal line from behind the trees. As soon as he saw me he rushed further into the woods. This is a very dangerous situation. If possible, I wouldn't go any farther south than the dixwell bridge crossing. PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!

This bridge over the parkway has no sidewalk. Despite the nearby canal trail access and sidewalks before and after, this bridge lacks sidewalks.

This situation has become even more dangerous this summer. The weedy bushes are so big that a pedestrian on north side of Skiff, crossing over Parkway, must step into lane of high-speed traffic. Area desperately needs a sidewalk for all pedestrians and especially for families with kids walking up from Whitney to Canal Trail.

Road edge on north side of Skiff Street at the Parkway overpass is eroding and bush covered. Many parents ride with their kids on the north side of Skiff Street between their neighborhoods along Whitney and the canal trail. There is a sidewalk until the parkway overpass, which then disappears entirely. In this area, there is only a narrow strip of unstable dirt and a lot of bushes as you approach the overpass, and parents with children are forced to step into auto traffic on Skiff at this point. On the western side of the overpass, a beautiful sidewalk is installed for trail pedestrians and riders. The south side of Skiff between Whitney and the trail is even less kid-rider friendly, with almost no sidewalks. At the very least, the bushes and unstable dirt on north side of street need to be stabilized and cleared. Sidewalks along Skiff would be ideal!

Graffiti that needs attention.

Landlord for student housing across the street put this out for pickup First off it's not recycling week In addition to the rug and plastic chairs in the bin there is a dishwasher in a carriage .

Recycling was not picked up on Thursday for my side of Dorrance St. The truck came by to pick up the odd side of the street but did not return to pick up recycling for the even side of the street.

Thank you so much for this. We would love to display a sign showing our gratitude!

Farmington Canal Trail flooded. Local users say for over a month. Water was at least 9” deep and detours are difficult and/or excessively dangerous.

Every day I've been on the trail for the last 3 weeks (9 days) I've seen people riding dirt bike's. White kid getting on at Quinnipiac one time, same kid down near the old bridge that just got painted with the had the Lemur on it, and then today at the top of the hill near Bruger's a different white kid with a girl passenger.

Someone has been writing "trump", "trump won", etc in chalk all over the trail from Canal Crossing Apts to the Dixwell overpass, including on some vertical structures like the historical plaques that the rain will not wash off. Also, the Dixwell overpass bridge is covered in graffiti. Basically, the Hamden section of the trail is being defiled and it's sad to see it. Thanks in advance for the clean-up.