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Home My Public Portal AboutDocument (1)Benefits of the proposed lighted paved path include: Connecting the Eddy Elementary School and Stony Brook Elementary Schools with a multi-purpose path would: 1. Create a safe route to school by allowing students and staff to bike ride to school from any point on the CCRT directly to the Eddy School. Currently there is a unimproved path without lighting, which is challenging to use by foot or bike. 2 - When the Town holds town meetings overflow parking is often used at the Eddy school, which requires town residents and other attendees to use the rugged unimproved dangerous path to walk to Stony Brook Elementary School. During the late Fall and early Winter days the path gets dark very early making it even more difficult to use. 3 - The Town uses part the Eddy School for the Recreation Department and some town recreational activities take place there and on Stony Brook Tennis courts and fields after school. A new paved and lighted path between the two schools will allow residents to bike ride or walk to these activities. 4 - The Brewster Whitecaps use the Eddy School parking lot for overflow parking during its seasonal games. A paved path with lighting would provide a safe route for attendees. It would also provide dedicated way for people to get from Eddy to Stony Brook so they aren’t unintentionally causing damage by cutting across the ball field. 5 - A lighted, paved multi-use path would connect the CCRT via Stony Brook and Eddy to Main St providing a safe alternative for users rather than using busy Underpass Road. 6 - Brewster Police Department supports the proposed path because it would dramatically improve its ability to move children who have mobility issues between the schools during drills and exercises. 7 - The Brewster Conservation Trust’s Vernal Pool Trail could be connected to the proposed pathway which would improve visitor awareness and access to the trail, thereby connecting open space for the greater enjoyment of Brewster residents and visitors alike. 8 - A dedicated improved pathway would help control unintentional soil erosion and runoff into adjoining wetland habitats due to use of the natural path that currently exists.