If you live in Brookfield, you can help shape the improvements coming to Ogden Avenue over the next few years.
The village announced Thursday that it had launched an interactive map survey and two-item questionnaire for residents to give their opinions and feedback on its plans to improve Ogden Avenue for pedestrians, bikers, drivers and transit users alike. Both surveys went live online Thursday and will stay open through April 16.
The interactive survey allows residents to place points on the map of Ogden Avenue alongside comments with suggested changes.
The questionnaire asks residents whether they would prefer parallel or angled parking on side streets adjacent to Ogden Avenue and what kind of crosswalk — ones that span all four lanes or ones that each span two lanes and meet at “pedestrian refuge islands” in the middle — they’d like to see along the street. There is also a section for residents to leave additional comments.
The surveys opened two days after the village hosted a public information meeting about the improvements at the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, where residents were able to give feedback on existing issues at Ogden Avenue and priorities for the potential improvements. The boards that were available for residents to read at the meeting, as well as extra information about the improvements, are available on the project’s website at EnergizeOgden.org.
According to the website, the project is “an opportunity to reimagine Ogden Avenue as a multimodal transportation corridor, as a hub for community activity, [as] a gateway to the Village for visitors and as a catalyst for neighborhood economic development.”
The project will include adding new streetscape infrastructure such as pavers, crosswalks and benches, as well as improving safety for all of the roadway’s users and standardizing parking along the right-of-way. Construction on the project could begin as early as fall 2027.
Access the surveys at wikimapping.com/Ogden-Avenue-Corridor-Improvements-Brookfield.html.
