Construction & Roadway Projects

The Town maintains 217 miles of roadways and averages 8.5 miles of paving each year including reconstruction and repaving projects.  In 2025, we resurfaced just over 8.6 miles of roads. 

The Engineering Division annually performs visual pavement condition assessments at the end of each year. The following link shows the 2025 Pavement Condition Map. This map displays the pavement conditions by colors for either Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, or Extremely Poor. In 2025, 15 miles of roadways were rated in Extremely Poor condition, while 35 miles of roadways were rated in Poor condition.

Each year, the Town focuses its paving resources toward the Extremely Poor roadways. As part of the repaving effort, the Engineering Division meets with the utility companies to review its tentative list of roadways to be repaved.  In advance of the resurfacing work, catch basin tops are typically replaced. On streets with asphalt driveway aprons, crews will saw cut and remove approximately four feet of the driveway apron. Asphalt curbing will also be removed in advance of the pavement milling. Once a roadway is milled, it could be a week or two before the road is re-paved due to the contractor's schedule, utility issues, and weather. After the paving is complete, streets with curbing will generally receive new extruded concrete curbs and lastly the driveway aprons will be repaved.

Click here to be redirected to the West Hartford Center Infrastructure webpage.

In 2024, the Town completed a Road Safety Audit for Sedgwick Road in an effort to enhance safety on Sedgwick Road between South Main Street and Ridgewood Road. Project elements include: the addition of bike lanes, reconfigured lane arrangements, curb extensions at select intersections, raised crosswalks and median islands. The roadway will be resurfaced from Wardwell Road to South Main Street and will be restriped from Ridgewood Road to Wardwell Road. Design is ongoing, with an expected construction start in 2026. The approximate construction cost is $1.25 million, will be funded by a State of Connecticut Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program (LOTCIP) grant, and supplemented with Town funds.

The Engineering Division hosted a public information meeting to discuss the design on Tuesday, April 29^th, 2025.  A recording of the meeting can be found on WHC-TV YouTube channel.  

Additionally, you may view the concept plan and access the presentation from the meeting.  

For more information, e-mail the Project Engineer, Samer.Karar@WestHartfordCT.gov. 

The Fern Street Bridge over Trout Brook is located adjacent to Fernridge Park.  Originally constructed in 1939, the structure is in need of replacement.  Demolition of the existing bridge and construction of the new bridge will start in 2026. Traffic will be maintained throughout the project with an alternating one-lane configuration. 

The intersection of Mountain Road and Albany Avenue is heavily congested and experiences excessive vehicular delays. The proposed improvements will reduce the Mountain Road queues and better accommodate motorists and bicyclists. The project will focus on the Mountain Road approaches, where the roadway will be widened to provide a left turn lane, thru lane, and a shared thru/right lane in each direction. The project will also include: traffic signal replacement, sidewalk repairs, bicycle lanes, and an extension of the culvert under Mountain Road serving Mountain Farms Brook. The project is being designed and utility coordination work is ongoing. The project is expected to be under construction in 2027.

In 2017, the Town completed a Complete Streets Study for the New Park Avenue Transit Area and obtained two State of Connecticut grants to fund the recommended improvements. The project will enhance New Park Avenue for all users between New Britain Avenue and Oakwood Avenue. Project elements include: decorative streetlights, a two-way separated bicycle facility, a shared multi-use side path,  landscaped medians, street trees, enhanced mid-block crosswalks, and traffic signal improvements. In between major intersections, the roadway will be resurfaced and reduced from four travel lanes to three: one travel lane in each direction and a center two-way left turn lane. Design is ongoing, with an expected construction start of 2026. The approximate construction cost is $6 million, grant funding ($3.7 million) and matching Town funds ($2.3 million).

The Engineering Division hosted a public information meeting to discuss the semi-final design on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.  View meeting recording.

Additionally, a public handout from the meeting can be accessed here and the presentation can be accessed here. 

For more information, visit the project Facebook page below or e-mail the project team at NewParkAvenue@westhartfordct.gov. 

In November of 2025, the Town was awarded a Community Connectivity Grant for the West Hartford Center to Trout Brook Trail Bicycle Connector Project, totaling $384,552.00. The project will enhance multi-modal access between West Hartford Center and the Trout Brook Trail by adding an approximately 10-ft two-way separated bike lane on the north side of Farmington Avenue between Trout Brook Drive and North Main Street. The facility will connect to bicycle infrastructure (covered bicycle parking, e-bike charging, and a bike connection to the Brace Road parking lot), which is funded and underway as part of the town’s West Hartford Center Infrastructure Roadway Reconstruction Project. To accommodate the bike facility, this project includes lane modifications (via restriping), signal modifications, a raised bus platform, and a curb extension at Farmington and North Main St. Design work is ongoing, with construction starting in the summer of 2026.

Click here to view conceptual plan.