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Title: I-84 widening in Waterbury is back on!
Post by: Mergingtraffic on October 13, 2010, 07:03:00 PM
From the Associated Press:

     WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - The state Department of Transportation
says it's restoring money in its budget to widen a congested
portion of Interstate 84 in Waterbury.
      The department said last year that it needed to focus on other
projects and was putting the $300 million project on the back
burner.
      But Waterbury state Rep. Selim Noujaim (Seh-LIMM' NOO-jame) told
the Republican-American that DOT leaders assured him last week that
the I-84 project is back in the budget. He says they called it a
top priority behind replacing New Haven's Quinnipiac River Bridge
and Stratford's Moses Wheeler Bridge.
      The project involves widening I-84 between Exits 22 and 25A in
Waterbury, an area of frequent congestion and collisions. An exact
start date hasn't been determined.
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      Information from: Republican-American, http://www.rep-am.com
Title: Re: I-84 widening in Waterbury is back on!
Post by: shadyjay on October 13, 2010, 07:47:58 PM
'Bout Time!!!!!

Though this isn't the first time CT has divided a widening project into more than one section and tackled one years before the other...
(I-91 north of Hartford.... CT 66 between Middletown and Middlefield.... )