| Issue 290 | October 16, 2000 |
The
Connecticut Fund for the Environment,
Environmental Defense and the Tri-State
Transportation Campaign have written to CT Transportation Commissioner
James Sullivan, asking about his agency's intentions to conduct an environmental
review for the plan announced by Governor Rowland on October 2 to open
I-95 shoulders to general rush hour traffic between Westport and Stamford
(MTR #289).
Sullivan told the Stamford Advocate that the project would take
about a year, and would involve widening sections of the shoulder and clearances
under bridges.
Additionally, the groups asked how ConnDOT will square the highway expansion with its legal mandate to reduce traffic in Southwest Connecticut (see MTR # 134), how many additional car and truck trips the move was likely to encourage, and inquired about the safety implications of taking the shoulder.
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