theme park, but in terms of history, the whole town kind of is that.” INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY Wallingford is prioritizing significant upgrades to its critical infrastructure, ensuring the town is wellequipped to handle current needs and future growth. Mayor Cervoni highlights the town’s intensified focus on road maintenance. “We’ve budgeted more for roads this year than in the past.” This includes repaving an industrial zone road for the first time in many years and continuing a town-wide road repaving initiative.“We’re exploring more options like chip sealing to get more life out of some roads,” he adds, detailing their proactive approach to infrastructure longevity. In addition to road improvements, Wallingford is undertaking a comprehensive review of its townowned buildings to develop long-term plans for their maintenance and improvement. Mayor Cervoni explains, “We are doing a town government-wide review of our buildings to come up with a five-, ten-, and 20-year plan.” In addition to physical infrastructure, the town is also making significant strides in technological advancements. A critical project is relocating the police station from the former state armory downtown to a renovated facility in one of the industrial parks. This new state-of-the-art public safety command center will be operational in the fall and provide enhanced services to the community. The town is also upgrading its information technology infrastructure. “We had a consultant perform a technology assessment at the beginning of this term,” Mayor Cervoni explains, revealing that the town was barely Y2K compliant. To address this, Wallingford has created the position of Information Technology Director, a role he filled just two months ago. “He is going to oversee the assessment that our consultant did to bring the town up to modern standards,” the mayor shares. 229 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 09 WALLINGFORD, CT
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