Construction of a $4 million state-funded roundabout at the busy four-way intersection is expected to begin in the fall and lead to safer — and prettier — travel routes, city officials said. The rotary and related traffic additions are planned for the intersection, which is near the Broad Street courthouse and Williams Park, an area currently served by four traffic signals, several crosswalks and pedestrian islands. “We’ve been planning this for three or four years,” Public Works Director Brian Sear said, noting the project is awaiting final approval from the state and the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, which is administering Local Transportation Capital Improvement Program funds needed to pay for the yearlong construction job. The job will entail adding a stamped-concrete circle — complete with ground-level fountain — inside the intersection, while narrowing entrance streets and adding new sidewalks, curbing, drainage and yield signs.
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