About The
Project
About the SHORELINE GREENWAY TRAIL
The Shoreline Greenway Trail is a project to build a trail and connect communities in a 25-mile corridor from New Haven to Madison, for pedestrian, bicycle and other non-motorized accessibility between and within those towns. Additionally, we enable community members to utilize these trails through programs that inform, educate, and activate participation with this wonderful resource.
Shoreline Greenway Trail (SGT), as a nonprofit organization, is a primary advocate for the effort.
SGT works with local citizens and businesses, governments and other advocates to promote trails and pedestrian infrastructure. We advocate for walkers, runners and joggers, cyclists, wheelchair users and all who move without motorized vehicles In our programs and advocacy, we strive to ensure safe, convenient access to scenic shoreline spots and other key destinations in New Haven, East Haven, Branford, Guilford, Madison and Clinton.
Healthy Living
and Safe Biking
To date, approximately 4.7 miles of trail have been completed in three towns, with another three miles under construction. There are 1.3 miles shovel ready/under bid, 6.8 miles, under development, planning or review or in proposal. This means we’re close to 50% of the trail being realized in some form.
This is the result of a collaboration involving shoreline residents, community leaders, regional planners, the Connecticut Department of Transportation, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the U.S. Department of Transportation, state and federal legislators, local businesses, civic groups and foundations, thousands of SGT members and supporters—and hundreds of volunteers.
We also offer programs that encourage people to adopt active, healthy lifestyles, and that teach safe, courteous biking and driver awareness. Increasingly, we are working with other communities and advocacy groups in New Haven and points east of us to connect the Shoreline Greenway Trail with our region’s extensive public transportation system and network of greenways.
About the ORGANIZATION
SGT consists of four town teams—one each in Madison, Guilford, Branford and East Haven—and we collaborate with other towns and advocacy groups in the interest of a more bike- and pedestrian-friendly Shoreline.
Developing solutions that are right for each community: Each town team works closely with its municipal government and residents —providing expertise, perspective and advocacy; serving as a nonprofit conduit for funding; and helping design alternative-transportation networks that encompass greenway trails, bike lanes, sidewalks, shared lane markings, traffic-calming and other measures as appropriate for the town.
SGT’s working Board of Directors includes members of each town team plus at-large members. The board sets overall strategy and coordinates the town teams’ efforts under a long-term vision of an interconnected Shoreline from New Haven to the Connecticut River.
Working with the Community
Each town team works closely with town governments and residents as they develop and implement solutions that are right for that community—providing expertise, perspective and advocacy; serving as a nonprofit conduit for funding; and helping design alternative-transportation networks that encompass greenway trails, bike lanes, sidewalks, shared lane markings, traffic-calming and other measures as appropriate for the town.
SGT’s working Board of Directors includes members of each town team plus at-large members. The board sets overall strategy and coordinates the town teams’ efforts under a long-term vision of an interconnected Shoreline from New Haven to the Connecticut River.
