Town of Milton, New York

For those who can work remotely, and students who study from home, most of the community is covered when it comes to broadband fiber- optic internet. One of the most exciting things happening in the town is the Route 50 Corridor Enhancement Study. The town started this work in 2005, but it dropped off the radar for a time. Zlotnick and town council decided to pick it up, dust it off, and is now moving forward with it. The study aims to identify transportation and land use policy changes that hope to spur and guide growth in the corridor. The study will also look into improvements at the intersection of Northline Road and NYS Route 50, the entrance to the city, with different signals or a roundabout. The study area runs from the Village of Ballston Spa to the City of Saratoga Springs. The ultimate goal is to make the road more accessible for all and to connect neighborhoods to hubs of activity, making the town more vibrant. It will address the way vehicles, transit, pedestrians, and bicyclists get around and how to make that easier for them. While it may not sound like a life-changing study, looking at complete streets can vastly improve the quality of life in a town because it gives safe, convenient access to roads for pedestrians, bicyclists, users of all abilities, and traditional drivers. With the study, they hope to provide a snapshot of the distribution, location, and characteristics of current land use in the town and to zone for the future uses that the community and municipality want to see down the road. Zlotnick confirms that the study is almost complete, with more than 100 responses received from the community survey. This will give them an idea of what people want and they plan to do a few more in-person community consultations before the work gets started. Zlotnick explains, “Down route 50, it would be their first glance into the Town of Milton, we’ve asked the public for ideas on what they would like to see and how to dress that area up a little bit... So far, they would like to see it look nicer,