New London ― U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, a 2020 candidate for president and former mayor of South Bend, Ind., visited the city Wednesday to highlight a recently announced $158 mil.
The state is expected to receive around $6 billion for infrastructure over five years with 50 specific projects that have already been identified for funding as a result of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Governor Ned Lamont, Senator Richard Blumenthal, and Representative Joe Courtney today announced that the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) $158.2 million through their competitive Bridge Investment Program (BIP) to accelerate the rehabilitation of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge northbound span between New London and Groton.
The Gold Star’s northbound span is the longest bridge in Connecticut, carrying five lanes of traffic and nearly 60,000 vehicles daily, and has been undergoing the first phase of an overall $407.7 million rehabilitation since 2020. State Transportation Commissioner Joseph Giulietti said that, due to its condition, the northbound bridge is currently load restricted, which prohibits travel by oversize and overweight vehicles.
Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the Federal Transit Administration is awarding $29.6 million in an All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) grant to the Connecticut Department of Transportation that will be used to make accessibility upgrades on three stations along the Metro-North Railroad Waterbury Branch Line, including in Ansonia, Seymour, and Beacon Falls.