[BPt111]

[quote=ads94;46957595]I would agree that Stamford to Bridgeport is worse than anywhere in the state during rush hour. I had to make my way from Greenwich back to Waterbury at 1800 once. The traffic was so backed up I couldn't believe it. The backup on 84 through Waterbury seemed like a dream


Heavy traffic start at Exit 27A all way to Greenwich. Norwalk-Westport seem the worst for congestion

[BPt111]

Commission approves study for I-95 widening in SW CT - StamfordAdvocate

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by BPt111

Commission approves study for I-95 widening in SW CT - StamfordAdvocate

$2 million just to study what is perhaps the most obvious traffic problem in CT. Great

[Raider111]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

$2 million just to study what is perhaps the most obvious traffic problem in CT. Great

Exactly, lets study it, then do nothing about it.

[BeyondtheHorizon]

The real waste of money would be if they spend the money on the 95 study and then don't widen it and do nothing.

They were going to spend major coin to study implementing a mileage tax(where big brother puts a gps on your car and tracks you), which has little support on both sides of the political spectrum and no chance of passing. I'm hoping they vote against the study for the mileage tax. It's like burning money.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

$2 million just to study what is perhaps the most obvious traffic problem in CT. Great

It is obvious that you and others do not know or understand the process of how a major highway project is developed. Everyone thinks that you just send a contractor out and say "add a lane". There is a LOT more to it than that. How do you know a project is really feasible? Where will there be problems with widening? Are you able to just add a lane on each side or does the entire highway need to be reconstructed? What will the real cost be? Can you eliminate interchanges? What interchanges need to be altered? What are the concerns of the towns and users? The list goes on and on. A study is the only way to address these questions and to lay the framework for the project design and the endless environmental permits that follows. It took the state years to just get the approvals needed for the Q Bridge project which was a similar type project. This is just the first in a LONG line of steps needed to get a project going. Oh yeah, before anyone comments on this being something related only to Connecticut, this process is the same no matter where in the country it happens. Jay

[NewJeffCT]

Originally Posted by JayCT

It is obvious that you and others do not know or understand the process of how a major highway project is developed. Everyone thinks that you just send a contractor out and say "add a lane". There is a LOT more to it than that. How do you know a project is really feasible? Where will there be problems with widening? Are you able to just add a lane on each side or does the entire highway need to be reconstructed? What will the real cost be? Can you eliminate interchanges? What interchanges need to be altered? What are the concerns of the towns and users? The list goes on and on. A study is the only way to address these questions and to lay the framework for the project design and the endless environmental permits that follows. It took the state years to just get the approvals needed for the Q Bridge project which was a similar type project. This is just the first in a LONG line of steps needed to get a project going. Oh yeah, before anyone comments on this being something related only to Connecticut, this process is the same no matter where in the country it happens. Jay

Jay don't you know that in every other state, except maybe New York, they just wave a magic wand and highways go up in weeks, and then the entire state joins hands and sings "kumbaya" together. All done for a small fraction of what it costs in Connecticut, of course.

[Raider111]

Originally Posted by JayCT

It is obvious that you and others do not know or understand the process of how a major highway project is developed. Everyone thinks that you just send a contractor out and say "add a lane". There is a LOT more to it than that. How do you know a project is really feasible? Where will there be problems with widening? Are you able to just add a lane on each side or does the entire highway need to be reconstructed? What will the real cost be? Can you eliminate interchanges? What interchanges need to be altered? What are the concerns of the towns and users? The list goes on and on. A study is the only way to address these questions and to lay the framework for the project design and the endless environmental permits that follows. It took the state years to just get the approvals needed for the Q Bridge project which was a similar type project. This is just the first in a LONG line of steps needed to get a project going. Oh yeah, before anyone comments on this being something related only to Connecticut, this process is the same no matter where in the country it happens. Jay

Obviously we know these things take time, but commuting in SW Ct has been an issue for decades now, whats taking so long for them to realize. What happened to the last study they did, and the one before that, and the one before that. We'll discuss again in a couple of months when the CT Post puts up an another article on this and Bpt11 then posts it here again.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by Raider111

Obviously we know these things take time, but commuting in SW Ct has been an issue for decades now, whats taking so long for them to realize. What happened to the last study they did, and the one before that, and the one before that. We'll discuss again in a couple of months when the CT Post puts up an another article on this and Bpt11 then posts it here again.

Yup, that was my point also, not questioning why things need to go through a certain process. It does seem like study leading to study after study.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by Raider111

Obviously we know these things take time, but commuting in SW Ct has been an issue for decades now, whats taking so long for them to realize. What happened to the last study they did, and the one before that, and the one before that. We'll discuss again in a couple of months when the CT Post puts up an another article on this and Bpt11 then posts it here again.

What study are you talking about? There have been no studies of widening along I-95 from New Haven to Greenwich at least in the past 3 decades.

So you understand how it works, CTDOT does not determine transportation priorities and funding. That comes from the regional planning agencies. All past attempts to discuss smaller widening projects along the corridor were met with strong resistance from each of the three agencies along the route. They pushed for mass transit investments rather than a comprehensive corridor improvement project. It was not until Governor Malloy pushed his Let's Go CT program which identify and quantified transportation needs in our state that the concept of widening I-95 has been able to get out of the gate. Jay