Posted on 04/29/2011 3:20:40 PM PDT by matt04
HARTFORD, Conn. -- The State Bond Commission has approved nearly $90 million in bonds to begin construction on a planned busway between New Britain and Hartford.
The vote came despite concerns raised by Republican members about the project's high price tag.
Malloy announced this month that he was backing the project, estimated to cost more than $572 million. He said he was reluctant to risk losing federal funding for the paved, 9.4-mile corridor.
The federal government is expected to spend nearly $460 million on the project. Connecticut has already spent more than $23 million on design and acquiring property.
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You’d rather they build light rail at twice the cost? Busways are popular in South America and have been profitable in Mexico City and they have far lower maintenance costs than do rail systems.
“You’d rather they build light rail at twice the cost? Busways are popular in South America and have been profitable in Mexico City and they have far lower maintenance costs than do rail systems.”
I’m with you, I also like Busways. You can run buses on them and even have some buses veer off to points where people live and work. Every time a train does that, you get a tangled mess.
All together now, state of Un-Connected representation.
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