Deerfield Valley Pedestrian Safety Association

 

The DVPSA is a group designed to promote the needs of pedestrians throughout the Deerfield Valley in Vermont by identifying and increasing awareness of problematic areas, developing, advocating for and helping fund solutions to pedestrian safety issues, and helping foster a vision of Dover and Wilmington as great places to walk, hike, run, bicycle, backcountry ski and explore.


If you are interested interested in being a part of our mission, please visit our Facebook page.


 Our Projects

 

 

West Dover Village Bridge

Arugably, the most dangerous place for pedestrians in the Deerfield River Valley is the bridge at the bottom of Dorr Fitch Road. No other location in the valley has the combination of high traffic, low shoulders, and limited visibility of this section of road, and we believe it needs to be fixed.

Find out more about it HERE, or read the March 2023 report.

Identifying Dangerous Areas

There are several other dangerous areas for pedestrians including Dunn’s Curve in Dover, Fat City curve in Wilmington, and sections with narrow shoulders at the Dover-Wilmington Border.

See identified areas HERE.

Long-Term Vision for the Valley

We want to help build on existing infrastructure to make the Deerfield Valley one of the most preeminent hiking and outdoor locations in southern Vermont.

Find further discussion HERE.

 Other Resources

Some other resources, listed under their respective headings in rough alphabetical order.

Deerfield Valley Trails

Related Organizations

Future Developments

Other

Let us know if any of the links above cease to work at john@dvpsa.org.

Individual pages on this website provide more information about the West Dover Village Bridge, Dangerous Areas to walk and the Long-Term Vision of this Organization.