Gov. Dannel Malloy will soon be announcing his decision on a new bus route costing $567 million and running 9.4 miles long. He met with citizens supporting the decision and opposing it. The new construction will run Connecticut around $110 million, and already $15 million has been spent on design and property rights. The congestion of I-84 would hopefully let up a bit if this bus route were implemented allowing commuters to quickly transport without the traffic. However, Michael Nicastro, president of the Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce in Bristol believes that this project is too expensive, and perhaps inefficient.
As a Connecticut citizen, this somewhat irks me because of the cost. It certainly seems costly, and not really worth it. I think the construction would also take a long time, and would further the problem of traffic. I do think it is a good idea, but is it really worth it? As I scrolled the user comments, it seemed that most people were not in favor of the proposed bus route. Many of them agreed that Connecticut should not be spending so much in times of economic downfall. The part of this article that really irritated me, was the fact that we have already spend FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS on obtaining property rights and designing the new route. If Malloy doesn't even pass this proposal, we will have wasted $15 million. Hopefully an agreement can be made that lowers cost, and is time efficient.
http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/politics/malloy-i84-busway-project-decision
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