Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06189 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/25/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6189
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 2131
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
REP. JUTILA, 37th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6189 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 2131

Referred to Committee on Transportation 

Introduced by:

REP. JUTILA, 37th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PASSENGER TRAIN STATION IN NIANTIC.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the Department of Transportation shall immediately commence a feasibility study of the establishment of a passenger train station in Niantic; that such study shall examine all steps necessary for such establishment and shall include an estimate of the time and funding required for the completion of each such step and a projected date for completion of such station; that the department shall submit a progress report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation, not later than February 15, 2012, and that the department shall use existing budgetary resources for the performance of such study.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require the Department of Transportation to conduct a feasibility study of the establishment of a passenger train station in Niantic.