The purpose of the Johnson Main Street Project is to provide a pedestrian friendly sidewalk system and bicycle travel system that will safely and efficiently accommodate people, young and old, who walk and bike to key Village destinations, to provide relevant traffic calming improvements in an effort to slow traffic along the main corridors; to improve the economic vitality of the Main Street corridor; and to enhance the overall character of the downtown and to allow pedestrians and bicyclists to safely cross Main Street.

Also included in the Main Street Project is the replacement of the stormwater system in the Main Street Project area.

The Main Street Project Team expects that the project will go to construction in 2011. The Main Street Project is being funded by two federal earmarks, a Transportation Enhancement grant from the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Village of Johnson.

The Main Street Project will include:

• New sidewalks and crosswalks

• Share used shoulders fro bicyclists

• More convenient parking

• Community plazas with benches, bicycle racks and information kiosks

• Street trees and lights