Roundabout Design

Roundabouts improve safety, reduce delay, improve traffic flow, and are less expensive to maintain when compared to traffic signals. Due to these benefits, Ridgefield has successfully added several roundabouts in recent years and the City plans to continue using roundabouts at intersections where appropriate in the future. Roundabouts also offer a design opportunity that traffic signals do not: landscaping of the inner circle.

Project background

In the spring of 2021, we gathered community feedback on roundabout design. Over 150 community members submitted ideas or responded to our questions sharing their preferences and priorities for roundabout design. The results were:

• We heard that respondents preferred that roundabouts be kept looking natural and filled with plants rather than lighting, art, or rock. There was a notable preference for native plants
• The top priorities for roundabout design were identified as
  1. Representation of the local environment (33%)
  2. Representation of the local community (27%)
  3. Use of native plants (23%)
  4. Low maintenance (17%).

In November 2023, the City created the Roundabout Committee, a new committee tasked with researching aesthetic designs for the central island of Ridgefield's roundabouts and making recommendations to City Council. Committee members were appointed in January 2024 and held their first meeting on Monday, March 11, 2024. Details of their projects can be found below under "Project Updates." Learn more about Roundabout Committee.

Ridgefield's Roundabouts

See below a map of Ridgefield's Existing, Under Construction, and Future Consideration roundabouts.

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