The Hartline is framed as a way to better connect city neighborhoods and spur sorely-needed economic development along its path by increasing foot traffic. The plan for the Hartline has been percolating for more than two years. Together with iQuilt, a nonprofit Suisman founded whose goal is to make Hartford a more walkable city.
The $65 million Hartline, a 7-mile greenway between the Bloomfield town line and the Hartford park that would follow the rail line, then city streets and finally a new pedestrian ramp and bridge over Interstate 91 to the Connecticut River.
In the Hartford region, notable gaps in the 3,000-mile trail from Maine to Florida exist in Simsbury, Bloomfield, Hartford and East Hartford. The Hartline would fill a crucial gap that exists in Hartford. Click here to read the entire article.