| Latest News and What's New |
| 5/16/2008 |
| Loop Sensor Installation project will be performed on I-84 (westbound) between Exits 6 and 7, in Danbury on 5/20/2008 |
| | Acting Transportation Commissioner H. James Boice announced today that a Loop Sensor Installation project will be performed on I-84 (westbound) between Exits 6 and 7, in Danbury. This project is expected to take place on Tuesday,
May 20, 2008. The rain date would be Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
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| 5/16/2008 |
| Pot Hole Patching operation will be performed on I-84 (eastbound and westbound) between Exits 68 and 71, in Willington & Tolland on 5/19/2008 (westbound) & 5/20/2008 (eastbound) |
| | Acting Transportation Commissioner H. James Boice announced today that Pot Hole Patching operation will be performed on I-84 (eastbound and westbound) between Exits 68 and 71, in Willington & Tolland. This project is scheduled to take place on Monday, May 19, 2008 (westbound) & Tuesday,
May 20, 2008 (eastbound).
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| 5/15/2008 |
| Bridge Rehabilitation, Route 5 and 15 over Wolcott Hill Road and Route 314 on 5/22/2008 |
| | The Department of Transportation announced today that on/or about Thursday, May 22, 2008, work will begin on the rehabilitation of the bridge on Routes 5 and 15 over Wolcott Hill Road in Wethersfield. |
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| 5/15/2008 |
| Highway Illumination Repair project will be performed on I-84 (eastbound & westbound) between Exits 50 and 48 in Hartford on 5/17/2008 & 5/31/2008 |
| | Acting Transportation Commissioner H. James Boice announced today that a Highway Illumination Repair project will be performed on I-84 (eastbound & westbound) between Exits 50 and 48 in Hartford. This project is scheduled to take place on or about Saturday, May 17, 2008 & Saturday, May 31, 2008. |
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| 5/14/2008 |
| 2008 ‘Click It or Ticket” Campaign Unveiled |
| | Governor M. Jodi Rell, Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele and officials from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Federal Highway Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Connecticut Department of Public Safety, Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) and local law enforcement agencies joined together on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at DOT headquarters in Newington to kick off the 2008 “Click It or Ticket” Campaign. |
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| 5/13/2008 |
| Public hearing on Waterbury-Oxford Airport FAR Part 150 Noise Study, 06/12/2008 |
| | The Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT) has prepared a Draft Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150 Noise Study for the Waterbury-Oxford Airport (OXC), which is located in the Towns of Oxford and Middlebury. The OXC Noise Study is funded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and ConnDOT, and is available for public review and comment at the following locations: |
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| 5/6/2008 |
| Bridge # 00431 over the Farmington River nighttime construction activities (for the replacement ) start on 5/11/2008 |
| | The Department of Transportation today announced that, weather permitting, the start of nighttime construction activities for the replacement of Bridge #00431, Route 4 over the Farmington River and intersection and safety improvements on Route 4 at Town Farm Road on Sunday, May 11, 2008.
Motorists should expect lane closures.
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| 5/5/2008 |
| Connecticut Café Cars Receive Makeover |
| | Department of Transportation & Metro-North railroad unveil newly refurbished Café Car at Union Station – New Haven
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| 4/30/2008 |
| Highway Line Painting project will be performed on Various State Routes in Central Connecticut, 05/04/2008 - 05/22/2008 |
| | Acting Transportation Commissioner H. James Boice announced today that a Highway Line Painting project will be performed on Various State Routes in Central Connecticut. This project is scheduled to begin on or about Sunday, May 4, 2008 and continue through Thursday, May 22, 2008. |
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| 4/29/2008 |
| Work on New Q-Bridge Foundations and West Approach begins 5/12/2008 |
| | The Connecticut Department of Transportation today announced that Contract B1 of the I-95 New Haven Harbor Crossing Corridor Improvement Program has been awarded and work is scheduled to begin on May 12, 2008. |
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| 4/28/2008 |
| Closure of Central Street in Bristol |
| | NEWINGTON, CT – Connecticut Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner H. James Boice announced today that Central Street in the Forestville section of Bristol will be closed to thru traffic between April 28, 2008 and June 11, 2008 |
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| 4/23/2008 |
| The Connecticut Public Transportation Commission released its schedule of upcoming public hearings |
| | The Connecticut PublicTransportation Commission (CPTC) today released its schedule of upcoming public hearings to be held throughout the state this spring which will give private citizens and local officials the opportunity to voice their views on public transportation services in Connecticut. |
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| 4/22/2008 |
| Governor Rell Names New Commissioner of Transportation |
| | Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today that she is nominating Joseph F. Marie of Scottsdale, Arizona as the new Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Mr. Marie is currently the Director of Operations and Maintenance for METRO, the regional public transit system for Phoenix, Arizona and he brings to his new position more than 22 years of transit industry experience in both the public and private sectors. He is a native of Massachusetts. |
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| 4/22/2008 |
| Corrective Work on State Project Nos. 151-274/294 on Route 70 in Cheshire, starts on 4/24/2008 |
| | The Department of Transportation announced today that, weather permitting, Empire Paving, of North Haven, CT will begin milling operations on Route 70 on State Project 151-309 in the Town of Cheshire on April 24, 2008. |
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| 4/16/2008 |
| Construction Announcement - Route 82, Norwich, April 21, 2008 |
| | The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced today that beginning April 21, 2008, construction will begin on a project involving operational improvements on Route 82 in the vicinity of the I-395 interchange in Norwich |
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| 4/15/2008 |
| Traffic Operational Improvements on U.S. Route 44 in Avon, Friday April 18, 2008 |
| | The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced today that, weather permitting, the start of construction activities for the Safety and Traffic Operational Improvements on U.S. Route 44 in Avon will start on Friday April 18, 2008. The construction will affect portions of Route 44 from the West Hartford – Avon line to the Intersection of Route 10 with Route 44 |
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| 4/11/2008 |
| Connecticut State Traffic Commission News - meetings on April 15, 2008 and May 20, 2008 canceled. |
| | Connecticut State Traffic Commission News - meetings on April 15, 2008 and May 20, 2008 have been canceled. A New meeting is scheduled for May 6, 2008. |
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| 4/8/2008 |
| Rehabilitation of the Putnam Bridge, April 25th, 2008 |
| | The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that beginning April 25, 2008, the DOT will commence work on a project to repair and resurface the Putnam Bridge, which carries Route 3 over the Connecticut River between Wethersfield and Glastonbury. |
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| 4/7/2008 |
| Rehabilitation of Bridge I-291 East to I-384 in Town of Manchester |
| | The Department of Transportation announced today thatwork will begin April 14, 2008on the rehabilitation of Bridge No. 05845 carryingthe I-291 east to I-384 east collectorroadway in the town of Manchester. |
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| 2/27/2008 |
| Reconstruction of Route 66 Middlefield and Middletown, CT |
| | The Department of Transportation announced today that beginning on March 3, 2008 through June 1, 2008 various lane closures can be expected on Route 66 Eastbound and Westbound between Baileyville Road. in Middlefield and Camp Street in Middletown. |
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| 11/30/2007 |
| Governor Rell Reverses Metro-North Boarding Plan |
| | Governor M. Jodi Rell said today that Metro-North New Haven Line commuters in Fairfield County will not be required to board southbound trains to New York City on the opposite side of the tracks, as had been planned by Metro-North during an overhead wire rehabilitation and bridge replacement project. |
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